Collection 5: Paul Revere's Ride

As you read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 6's Collection 5: texts about Colin Powell, The First Day of School, Paul Revere's Ride, On Doomed Flight
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  1. mooring
    a place where a craft can be made fast
  2. man-of-war
    a warship intended for combat
  3. spar
    stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
  4. grenadier
    an infantryman equipped with grenades
  5. stealthy
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  6. tread
    a step in walking or running
  7. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  8. sentinel
    a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  9. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  10. girth
    a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
  11. spectral
    resembling or characteristic of a phantom
  12. mystic
    beyond ordinary understanding
  13. alder
    north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
  14. aghast
    struck with fear, dread, or consternation
  15. defiance
    a hostile challenge
Created on Wed Jul 16 09:58:37 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:28:09 EDT 2014)

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