Unit 2: Week 4

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  1. bandana
    a large and brightly colored handkerchief
    The high desert wind fluttered the bandana covering his straight, black hair.
  2. bracelet
    jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration
    Her velvet skirt swished as she marched over to the pawn counter and removed her silver and turquoise bracelet—the one she had worn since she was a young woman.
  3. hogan
    a Navajo lodge covered with earth
    Tony’s grandmother wove rugs and had a loom outside her hogan.
  4. jostle
    come into rough contact with while moving
    In the passenger seat, Tony barely noticed how the ride jostled him.
  5. mesa
    flat tableland with steep edges
    The early morning sun brought out deep red hues in nearby rocks, and yellows and purples on distant mesas.
  6. Navajo
    a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
    A dusty pickup bounced along the rutted, dirt road on the Navajo Indian Reservation outside of Gallup, New Mexico.
  7. turquoise
    a blue to grayish-green mineral
    Its dark leather was worn smooth, and there were small nuggets of turquoise laced into the rawhide braid wrapped around the horn.
  8. rut
    hollow out in the form of a cut or groove
    A dusty pickup bounced along the rutted, dirt road on the Navajo Indian Reservation outside of Gallup, New Mexico.
  9. reservation
    a district that is set aside for a particular purpose
    This morning, Tony daydreamed about spending some of his summer days at home on the reservation instead of going into Gallup.
  10. pawn
    leave as a guarantee in return for money
    Navajos could trade or "pawn" their jewelry in exchange for cash.
  11. loom
    a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
    Tony's grandmother wove rugs and had a loom outside her hogan.
Created on Thu Jul 16 12:54:03 EDT 2020 (updated Fri Jul 17 09:50:33 EDT 2020)

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