Harriet Tubman Vocab chapter one

Question 1

Exist in large numbers or amounts.

Answer 1

Abounded

Question 2

A wetland dominated by plants such as grasses, rushes, or sedges.

Answer 2

Marshes

Question 3

A that is occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.

Answer 3

Dwelling houses.

Question 4

Use free time for enjoyment.

Answer 4

Leisure.

Question 5

A task that is taking on.

Answer 5

Undertaking.

Question 6

Bars.

Answer 6

Taverns.

Question 7

One who takes care of horses or mules.

Answer 7

Hostlers.

Question 8

A person employed to take care of horses or to brush or clean a coat of an animal.

Answer 8

Groom.

Question 9

Refined and well educated.

Answer 9

Cultivated.

Question 10

A patch of light admitted by a narrow opening crack.

Answer 10

Chinks.

Question 11

Denoting wood or stone that has been cut with a tool so that it’s surface is not smooth. Or denoting or possessing attractively strong or bony.

Answer 11

roughhewen

Question 12

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it.

Answer 12

characteristic.

Question 13

A person who resides or is present in a house , vehicle, seat, place etc. at an given time.

Answer 13

Occupant

Question 14

Showing dignity or authority in one’s appearance or manner.

Answer 14

Distinguished

Question 15

An incident or event.

Answer 15

occurrence

Question 16

With skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or difficult issues.

Answer 16

Tactfully

Question 17

A person who makes fabric by weaving fiber together.

Answer 17

Weaver

Question 18

Stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.

Answer 18

Linger

Question 19

To change from one form or function to another.

Answer 19

Convert.

Question 20

People with hypermobility are partiularly suple and able to move their limbs into positions others find impossible.

Answer 20

Supple jointed

Question 21

A small arm of the sea, a lake, or river.

Answer 21

Inlet