Reading- Across America On An Immigrant Train Flashcards
Famine
Extreme scarcity of food.
TransContinental
Passing through or across the continent; The Latin root trans means across or over.
Russian Mennonites
The Mennonites were Christians who are committed to nonviolence is on volunteer services.
Emigrant
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.)
Immigrant
The person who has settled in another country.
Brain fever
An inflammation of the brain tissue caused by bacterial infection.
Abscond
To run away or leave quickly
Steerage
Cheap accommodations on the passenger ship
Partition
Ethan interior wall dividing A room.
Inscrutable
Not easily understood; mysterious
Indulgence
And at that satisfies one’s desires.
Gall
To irritate greatly
Quota
The number or percentage of people full of a specific type
Debarked
To leave a boat or ship
Personage
A person or character.
Assault
A sudden, violent attack