Collection 1: Coming of Age in the Dawnland

As you read the excerpt from Charles C. Mann's "1491" about "Coming of Age in the Dawnland," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 11's Collection 1: Of Plymouth Plantation, Coming of Age in the Dawnland, The Tempest, Balboa, 'Blaxicans' and Other Reinvented Americans
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  1. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  2. project
    communicate vividly
  3. settlement
    a community of people smaller than a town
  4. comprise
    be made of
  5. estuary
    the wide part of a river where it nears the sea
  6. fractal
    a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale
  7. divergence
    a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
  8. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
  9. stratified
    arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks
  10. ferment
    a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
  11. demarcate
    set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  12. quicksilver
    a metallic element that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
  13. hillock
    a small natural mound
  14. didder
    move with or as if with a tremor
  15. skirl
    make a shrill, wailing sound
  16. mortar
    a vessel in which substances can be ground with a pestle
  17. pestle
    a hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
  18. regimen
    a systematic plan for therapy
  19. fealty
    the loyalty that one owes to a country, sovereign, or lord
  20. defection
    withdrawing support or help despite allegiance
  21. casus belli
    an event used to justify starting a war
  22. stoically
    without emotion; in a stoic manner
  23. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  24. defensive
    intended or appropriate for deterring aggression or attack
  25. palisade
    a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
Created on Sun Jun 29 21:26:42 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Jul 02 09:33:18 EDT 2014)

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