Collection 3: O Captain! My Captain!

As you read Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 8's Collection 3: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, Bloody Times, O Captain! My Captain!
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  1. fearful
    causing fear or dread or terror
  2. weather
    face and withstand with courage
  3. rack
    fly in high wind
  4. sought
    that is looked for
  5. exult
    express great joy
  6. keel
    one of the main longitudinal beams of the hull of a vessel
  7. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  8. fling
    throw with force or recklessness
  9. trill
    sing or play alternating with the half note above or below
  10. bouquet
    an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
  11. wreath
    a circular band of flowers or other foliage
  12. sway
    move back and forth
  13. eager
    having or showing keen interest or intense desire
  14. mournful
    expressing sorrow
  15. tread
    a step in walking or running
Created on Wed Jul 09 15:29:18 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 10 13:34:41 EDT 2014)

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