Collection 4: Runagate, Runagate

As you read Robert Hayden's "Runagate, Runagate," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 11's Collection 4: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, Declaration of Sentiments, Building the Transcontinental Railroad, Runagate, Runagate
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  1. stumble
    miss a step and fall or nearly fall
  2. beckon
    summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
  3. yonder
    in an indicated distant place
  4. rejoice
    feel happiness
  5. shackle
    a restraint that confines or restricts freedom
  6. fare
    proceed, get along, or succeed
  7. auction
    the public sale of something to the highest bidder
  8. bonanza
    a sudden happening that brings good fortune
  9. anguish
    extreme distress of body or mind
  10. patroller
    someone on patrol duty
  11. bellow
    make a loud noise, as of an animal
  12. alias
    as known or named at another time or place
  13. league
    an association of states or individuals for common action
  14. mailed
    wearing protective mail
  15. haunt
    recur constantly and spontaneously to
Created on Tue Jul 15 10:22:19 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:31:39 EDT 2014)

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