Reading- Across America On An Immigrant Train Flashcards

0
Q

Famine

A

Extreme scarcity of food.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

TransContinental

A

Passing through or across the continent; The Latin root trans means across or over.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Russian Mennonites

A

The Mennonites were Christians who are committed to nonviolence is on volunteer services.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Emigrant

A

The person reads one country to go settle in another( even from a person has entered America, he may still continue to travel to his Final destination, he has not settled yet.)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Immigrant

A

The person who has settled in another country.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Brain fever

A

An inflammation of the brain tissue caused by bacterial infection.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Abscond

A

To run away or leave quickly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Steerage

A

Cheap accommodations on the passenger ship

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Partition

A

Ethan interior wall dividing A room.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Inscrutable

A

Not easily understood; mysterious

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Indulgence

A

And at that satisfies one’s desires.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Gall

A

To irritate greatly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Quota

A

The number or percentage of people full of a specific type

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Debarked

A

To leave a boat or ship

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Personage

A

A person or character.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Assault

A

A sudden, violent attack

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Potshot

A

A shot a person or animal with an easy range

17
Q

Green Horn

A

Describes a person who is inexperienced or untrained

18
Q

Monotony

A

A wearisome lack of variety, as in a monotonous

19
Q

Palatable

A

Acceptable or agreeable, such as in taste

20
Q

Quagmire

A

An area of boggy, wet ground that yields underfoot

21
Q

Dime novel

A

$.10 novels popular in the 19 century and early 20th century for its melodramatic or sensational Account of Wildwest adventures

22
Q

Melodramatic

A

Overly exaggerated, emotional, or sensationalize

23
Q

Patriarchal

A

In this content, simply male or of a high Male right

24
Q

Civility

A

Courtesy or politeness

25
Q

Hostile terrain

A

land that is unfavorable to life or growth

26
Q

Amorphous

A

Lacking definite form, having no definite shape

27
Q

Berth

A

A shelf like sleeping space

28
Q

Plateau

A

A flat area of land that is considerably raised above the land surrounding it; Usually cut by deep canyons.

29
Q

Belligerent

A

Warlike

30
Q

Vindictive

A

Intent on getting revenge

31
Q

Vagabond

A

Someone without A permanent home, who wanders from place to place without visible support.

32
Q

Decimate

A

to destroy and kill a great number of people, animals, or things

33
Q

Genocide

A

The deliberate extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

34
Q

Stoicism

A

Indifference to pleasure or pain; often used to describe one who does not show emotion

35
Q

Concession

A

An act of you yielding or giving something

36
Q

Ravine

A

A narrow deep valley that usually has running water on one side…

Or in Minecraft a big section of land that is Narrow and cut out from the earth.

37
Q

Cape Horn

A

Considered one of the most dangerous places in the world

38
Q

Scorn

A

To cruelly poke fun of or jeer at.

39
Q

Ironic

A

Completely the opposite of what one might expect.

40
Q

Giddy

A

Completely the opposite of what one might expect.