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Theme 3
voices of the revolution vocabulary
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5th Grade
12/08/2008

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Term
revolution
Definition

a kind of war within a country fought to change the government by force

revolt, rebellion

Term
express
Definition

rapid transport of goods

fast, direct, and often nonstop

 

 

 

Antonym:slow, sluggish

Term
cargo
Definition
goods transported in a ship, airplane, or vehicle
Term
oppose
Definition

fight against or resist strongly

resist, deny, protest, fight

 

 

antonym: defend or support

Term
liberty
Definition

The power to do as you please

synonyms: right, freedom, independence

 

anytonym: slavery, bondage

Term
Patriot
Definition

one who wanted independence from British rule

Rebel

One who is loyal to his/her country

colonists who were against British rule

 

 

 

Antonym:Tory, Loyalist, traitor

Term
arming
Definition

to supply with weapons

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skittish
Definition
extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; jumpy
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just
Definition

something that is fair and right

honorable and fair

 

 

 

Antonym:unjust, unfair, biased

Term

fierce

Definition

ready to fight or hurt something

savage; wild; strong; brutal; cruel; dangerous

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skirmish
Definition

a minor short-term fight

encounter; clash

Term
peer
Definition

look searchingly

to look very closely at something

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rebel
Definition

a person who takes part in an armed rebellion

to oppose or disobey one in authority or control

Term
kin
Definition
relatives; members of your family
Term
drilling
Definition

learn by repitition

practice; military exercises

Term
captive
Definition
prisoners; people who are confined
Term
dread
Definition

fearful, afraid

horror, apprehension; terror, fright

Term
abolitionist
Definition
a person who worked to end slavery
Term
influential
Definition

having the ability to persuade people to do something or to think in a certain way

powerful, important, forceful, persuasive

 

 

antonyms: unimportant, powerless, weak, ineffective

Term
tacking
Definition
turn a boat into the wind
Term
apprentice
Definition

works for an expert to learn a trade

unpaid assistants who learn a job through experience

 

 

 

Antonyms: professional, master, expert

Term
enslavement
Definition

the state of being a slave

process by which one person becomes the property of another

 

Term
encourage
Definition

to give someone confidence by praising or supporting the person

 

Synonym:cheer, motivate, inspire

 

Antonyms: discourage, deter, prevent, hinder

Term
assisted
Definition
to give help or assistance
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opposed
Definition
antonym: endorsed
Term
encouraged
Definition
Antonym:hindered
Term
express
Definition
Antonym: leisure
Term
invincible
Definition
unbeatable
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engraved
Definition
etched
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rebels
Definition
revolutionaries
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apprentice
Definition
trainee
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skirmishing
Definition
fighting
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