1/30/2008

Vocabulary Words!

This are the vocabulary words you need to know:

1. Attorney general - The chief legal representative and adviser of a nation or state.
- Representative: Serving to represent
2. Durham - A country in new England
3. Commanded - To direct with authority; give orders to
- Authority: An accepted source of information, advice, etc.
4. Improved - To get better at something.
5. Expedition - The group of persons, ships, etc., engaged in such an activity
6. Iroquois - a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
7. Germantown - A NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
8. Schoolmaster - A man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- Presides: Someone who takes control
9. Campaign - the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.

1 comment:

Ms. Sackstein said...

some strong words, others could have been stronger... school master is not really something that is very "hard" that needs defining.