Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 1
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Chapter / Word / Definition / Page / Sentence1 / 1: undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur
2:a skin stripped of hair or wool for tanning / 5
1 / a belief or way of behaving that is based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck: a belief that certain events or things will bring good or bad luck / 5
1 / the federal union of states during the period of the American Civil War / 6
1 / dry twigs, pieces of paper, etc., that burn easily and are used to start a fire / 7
1 / A member of a band of antislavery guerrillas in Kansas and Missouri before and during the American Civil War / 7
1 / a body of citizens organized for military service / 7
1 / a member of a usually small group of soldiers who do not belong to a regular army and who fight in a war as an independent unit / 7
1 / a soldier, citizen, or supporter of the Confederacy during the American Civil War / 8
1 / A bag worn over one shoulder used for carrying supplies or personal belongings / 9
1 / to engage in social activities leading to engagement and marriage / 10
1 / a short-barreled lightweight firearm originally used by cavalry / 10
1 / control of an area by military forces rather than by the police / 13
1 / an officer who supervises the military police of a command / 13
1 / a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water / 14
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 1
WORD BANK
jayhawker
provost
guerrilla
militia
pelt
ravine
haversack
Union
martial law
superstitious
Confederate
courting
kindling
carbine
SENTENCES
A. “That don’t sound much like ___, Jess.
B. As they reached the edge of the woods the rain came down chill and hard, chasing them up the ___ and onto the road.
C. Three men with ___started toward them; the fourth held the horses.
D. Each town had a ___marshal, whose job was to find out who the Secesh were.
E. He slung his ___ over his head and under his arm, picked up his rabbits and gun.
F. For a religious boy, Jesse could be mighty ___; he didn’t like talking about luck.
G. Mr. Stone was Matt’s nearest neighbor, and he was___.
H. For two years now, Kansas ___ had been using the war as an excuse to raid Missouri, killing men and boys, burning farms, and stealing whatever they could carry off.
I. Some of the meat was spoiled, part of the ___ damaged.
J. Missouri was cut to ___ over this war, with hatreds sparking and burning between neighbors, old friends, even within families.
K. They preferred to be called partisan rangers, and they answered to bushwhacker or ___.
L. And Missouri’s own Union ___ weren’t much better.
M. The Union had put Missouri under ___--if you were South, you’d better watch your way.
N. He joined the regular ___ Army, and fought with General Sterling Price to beat the Feds at Wilson’s Creek.
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 2
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Chapter / Word / Definition / Page / Sentence2 / 16 / He was born ___---those were Papa’s words.
2 / 18 / Instead, ___ paid Northerners to move west; they came down the Missouri River by the boatload, pretending to settle in Kansas just to swing the vote.
2 / 18 / But the Kansans held on to their___, and as soon as the war began, jayhawkers under the command of Jim Lane and Doc Jennison poured across the border, hell-bent on punishing Missouri.
2 / 19 / Eleven months later, Papa woke him on a frozen February night, saying Sugar was about to ___.
2 / 20 / “Sorry, Matt,” he said, looking ___.
2 / 23 / “This is the way the lady rides,” he sing-songed, gently ___ him.
2 / 24 / The North only wanted power, Jesse told Matt, and ___---taking the South’s money to run the North’s cities.
2 / 24 / The North, she said, had a kind of slavery all its own: putting thousands of foreigners to work in filthy mills for ___ pay.
2 / 25 / “Just think,” Mrs. Samuel, crowed, “if I ___ Aza and Lotty, I could rightly say I freed more slaves than Old Abe!”
2 / 25 / When Jim Lane—U.S. Senator Jim Lane—led the jayhawkers to raid Osceola, it was murder and ___ and liquor on their minds.
2 / 27 / Matt pulled him to the floor and pretended to ___ him.
2 / 27 / Matt took them to the ___; then they brushed their teeth at the washstand in the lean-to.
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 2
WORD BANK
grudge
privy
jouncing
manumit
impudent
hangdog
abolitionists
pummel
paltry
foal
tariffs
plunder
DEFINITIONS
A. release from slavery
B. to repeatedly hit or punch (someone or something) very hard
C. a small outdoor building that is used as a toilet
D. to move in an up-and-down manner
E. having little meaning, importance, or worth
F. failing to show proper respect and courtesy: very rude
G. sad or depressed
H. a horse that is less than one year old
I. a strong feeling of anger toward someone that lasts for a long time
J. to steal things from (a place, such as a city or town) especially by force
K. tax levied upon goods by the government
L. individuals fighting to abolish (end) slavery
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 3-6
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Chapter / Word / Definition / Page / Sentence3 / a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War. / 29
3 / feeling or showing irritation / 30
4 / to clear of manure or filth / 34
4 / showing no feeling or emotion / 34
4 / preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by various methods such as salting, drying, or smoking. / 35
5 / sad and serious / 37
5 / to speak or act in a whining, sniffling, tearful, or weakly emotional manner / 42
5 / to wave or swing (something, such as a weapon) in a threatening or excited manner / 43
5 / a facial expression in which your mouth and face are twisted in a way that shows disgust, disapproval, or pain / 46
5 / said or done in a quick and impolite way / 48
6 / a long and narrow cut in the ground / 49
6 / to begin / 50
6 / a person who opposes a person or group in authority / 51
6 / to cause (something) to happen or begin / 53
6 / a pattern that is made by a series of circles that turn around a center point / 55
6 / to feed food waste (as garbage) to animals / 55
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 3-6
WORD BANK
whorled
sniveling
curt
bushwhacker
slop
furrows
muck
solemnly
peevishly
rebel
deadpanned
instigate
curing
grimace
commenced
brandished
SENTENCES
A. Later he’d tack it to the barn wall, where the others were ___.
B. Clay ___ the switch.
C. Matt followed him along the ___.
D. “Visitors, Ma,” Clayton said ___, tilting his chin toward the window.
E. I was always having him to supper, hoping to ___ something.
F. Now quit ___ and get on your feet—Clays’ waiting.
G. Matt ___ hauling.
H. “I think you ought to face the day with more enthusiasm, “ Clay ___ sleepily, and Matt had to laugh.
I. “Well, Clay, I know that, don’t I?” Ma said ____.
J. Matt pressed his knuckles to his mouth, holding his breath and concentrating mightily on the __ wood of the table.
K. Clayton gave a ___nod and went to the house.
L. By the time Ben came to ___ out the stalls, Molly to gather eggs, and Clayton to milk, the plow was in the barn lot.
M. Ben took his hand and hopped into the stirrup with a ___, getting in front of Matt and practically lying down, his face on Salt’s head.
N. “And the mother, that big, loud-mouthed ___, she makes no bones about it!”
O. “Weeell, I got to ___ the hogs,” Mr. Stone said, stretching and shuffling his feet.
P. “Mr. Stone heard that the bushwackers are returning.”
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 7-9
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Chapter / Word / Definition / Page / Sentence7 / 57 / She gave his hair a ___ and walked away.
7 / 57 / As Aril drew to a close, Matt ___ about when to plant.
7 / 57 / Saturday was the second of May, and he was still ___.
7 / 58 / Mrs. Samuel was ___ enough, asking after Ma and the others.
7 / 59 / After a while the others went away, except for Ben—who claimed, as the morning wore on, to feel weak with ___, heat, and hunger.
7 / 59 / Ben kept ___, but he kept planting.
7 / 60 / Matt went in for breakfast and found Ma in blue ___.
7 / 61 / All morning in the fields, Matt ___.
7 / 61 / He walked along the furrows, eating the food she left, searching for one ___ of green, thinking how right it would be for the corn to show itself on Papa’s death date.
8 / 62 / It was pure torture, sitting still in uncomfortable clothes as the pastor ___ on and Matt thought about all that needed doing at home.
8 / 64 / “They can cause a lot of ___, is all.”
9 / 69 / It ___ him that Ben saw this and still didn’t willingly help, that Matt had stuck his neck out for Ben with Clayton, but Ben wouldn’t lift a finger for him.
9 / 71 / In a blackjack ___, Matt stopped to roll his sleeves.
9 / 73 / Now all Matt’s anger seemed ___.
9 / 76 / “Who is it?” she asked, voice ___.
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 7-9
WORD BANK
havoc
scowling
tousle
sprig
thicket
quavering
brooded
cordial
calico
petty
droned
skittish
fatigue
fretted
rankled
DEFINITIONS
A. a situation in which there is much destruction or confusion
B. a small twig or stem that has leaves or flowers on it
C. nervous or fearful about doing something
D. to cause (someone) to feel angry or irritated especially for a long time
E. the state of being very tired: extreme weariness
F. to make (someone's hair) untidy
G. a light, printed cotton cloth
H. to produce sound in an unsteady way especially because you are afraid or nervous
I. to become vexed or worried
J. to think a lot about something in an unhappy way
K. to look at someone or something in a way that shows anger or disapproval
L. politely pleasant and friendly
M. a deep sustained or monotonous sound
N. a group of bushes or small trees that grow close together
O. relating to things that are not very important or serious
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 10-12
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Chapter / Word / Definition / Page / Sentence10 / to put in one's debt by a favor or service / 77
10 / to react in an angry way / 79
10 / the appearance of a person's face a person's expression / 79
10 / aware of something / 79
10 / not usual or normal / 81
10 / to growl with a snapping, gnashing, or display of teeth / 85
10 / someone who treats (a person or group of people) in a cruel or unfair way / 86
10 / relaxed and calm in a way that shows that you do not care or are not worried about anything / 87
11 / to cut the hair, wool, etc., off (an animal) / 88
11 / the act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did something that hurt you or someone else / 89
11 / not wanting or willing to do something / 92
11 / to push against (someone) while moving forward in a crowd of people / 93
11 / a farming tool with a curved blade and long handle that is used for cutting grass, grain, etc. / 94
12 / difficult to deal with or control / 98
12 / a decorative cover for a bed / 99
12 / to lift (something) up / 100
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 10-12
WORD BANK
peculiar
vengeance
hefted
shear
bridled
scythe
coverlets
obliged
ornery
nonchalant
cognizant
loath
snarled
jostling
countenance
oppressor
SENTENCES
A. “I’m ___ of that,” Matt said slowly.
B. He’ll turn up, Jesse had said, ___, but likely he was thinking Buck could be dead.
C. Though writing helps me feel I am with you, and I am ___ to part, I want to be certain to get this into today’s post.
D. It seemed ___, Jesse being a prayerful boy, even though he always had been.
E. And much ___ to you, sir, for letting me go on about it that day.
F. Matt pointed at the ___-shaped moon.
G. Ma can’t ___ it, you folks—”
H. “When you expect to ___ those fool sheep, Clay?”
I. Matt began to hoe with a ___.
J. “Shut your mouth, boy, or you’ll be next,” the man holding him ___, grinding his face harder against the stones.
K. He ___ it in his palm.
L. Betsy was ___the crying baby.
M. Two bright ___ hung on Mrs. Stone’s line.
N. When they got ___, he had to force himself to treat them right—and to remember they were the reason he had clothes.
O. He turned to face his ___--no man, after all.
P. “ Why ‘s your ma so ___ up?”
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 13-15
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Chapter / Word / Definition / Page / Sentence13 / 112 / Betsy and Molly were ___ wool, but Matt knew they weren’t a problem.
13 / 113 / She ___Matt, fists on her hips, head tilted.
13 / 113 / “No, Mama, I don’t take to such insults from ___ varmints,” Matt said solemnly.
14 / 117 / Betsy and Molly looked ___.
14 / 118 / Now, Carrie, don’t be ___, Pa sometimes said—and he’d say it now, Matt knew.
14 / 121 / He lay on his side to get at the ___ close to the floor.
14 / 121 / Matt felt ___ again: Ben should not be doing that work.
14 / 123 / It’s said Quantrill tried to ___ an exchange of prisoners.
14 / 128 / “Jesse’s on the grapevine, Matt,” Clayton said in an ___ tone.
15 / 135 / “My ribs hurt ___, though.”
15 / 135 / You saw they ___ pretty quick at the sight of blood.
15 / 136 / Then Jesse said ___, “Well, you’re right.”
Guerrilla Season Vocabulary: Chapter 13-15