Essay About Wounded Knee And Chief Joseph

Lesson 3 Vocab
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Lesson 3 Vocab
1. adrenaline — a substance that makes the heart beat faster and increases bodily energy
2. ambiguity — uncertainty; two or more ways or choices
3. arterials — major streets of a city
4. cantinas — bars; saloons
5. caporal — a ranch foreman
6. Chief — In “Tell Your Children,” this is referring to Chicagos mayor at that time.
7. corrido — a ballad form popular in Mexico
8. cortex — the outer part or layer of an organ
9. crematoria — furnaces used to cremate, or burn, the dead
10. estuaries — the place where a river flows into the ocean
11. guitarreros — guitar players
12. homage — respect
13. illusions — misleading images
14. inertia — being at rest
15. inherent — essential character
16. insolent — haughty; lacking respect
17. millstone — a large stone; used to indicate a heavy weight or burden
18. morbid — horrible; gruesome
19. morral — a saddlebag
20. omnipotence — unlimited power
21. oratory — the art of speaking in public eloquently or effectively
22. plumeria — a tropical tree which bears large, fragrant, and colorful flowers
23. precludes — prevents something or makes it impossible
24. reticence — remaining silent or saying little
25. sortie — a quick raid (usually a military raid)
26. Toohoolhoolzote — an Indian spokesman for Chief Joseph
27. toxins — poisons produced by the body
28. treacherous — likely to betray trust; unreliable
29. unstratified — not divided or structured into different classes or ranks
30. vaquero — cowboy
31. volition — the act or power of deciding; will
32. Wounded Knee — In 1890, over 200 Sioux Indians were massacred by U.S. troops at this site.