Forge Vocabulary List

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1 Name English Date Period Forge Vocabulary List The word forge has different meanings for different contexts. Throughout the novel, the word is used in multiple ways. 1. Forge (4): I forged a pass too, but the river ruined it. Definition: copied; imitated 2. Forge (46): I was hired by a cussmouth blacksmith who paid me poorly to keep his forge burning. Definition: furnace where metal is heated and molded 3. Forge (75): Blacksmiths don t want clumsy oafs helping them in the forge. Definition: workshop where metal is heated and then molded into tools 4. Forge (88): My thoughts switched back and forth as I dug, planning one moment to secure a position in a forge and the next thinking I ought make myself useful near the officers tents Definition: workshop where metal is heated and then molded into tools 5. Forge (121): Ø If I heated up this blade red-hot, like in a forge, could you pound on it and make it into steel? Definition #1: a workshop where a person works over a furnace to shape and mold metal Ø No amount of forging will make a difference. Definition #2: forming, heating, hammering Ø This camp is a forge for the army; it s testing our mettle. Definition #3: place where objects are made by shaping them 6. Forge (190): And paid the man to forge this [iron band]. Definition: create 7. Forge (278): The fellows had forged themselves into an army that was ready to march and take its country back. Definition: formed ***Forge: I forged ahead despite the risks. Definition: pushed forward 1

2 Prelude 1. tis (3) 2. fatigue (3) 3. twas (4) 4. quiver (4) 5. forged (4) copied 6. addled (4) confused 7. exertions (4) 8. gurgled (4) Chapter 1 (I) 1. peevish (7) 2. vexatious (7) argumentative 3. filch (8) 4. noxious (8) 5. haversack (8) 6. wretched (10) Chapter 2 (II) 1. ravine (11) 2. score (11) twenty 3. skirmish (12) Chapter 3 (III) 1. roused (16) 2

3 Chapter 4 (IV) 1. omen (18) 2. dire (18) 3. ponder (19) Chapter 6 (VI) 1. melancholy (27) 2. swoon (27) faint Chapter 7 (VII) 1. befuddlement (32) 2. scoundrel (32) 3. predicament (32) 4. rusticated (32) 5. kin (32) 6. famished (33) 7. notion (33) 8. homespun (34) 3

4 Chapter 8 (VIII) 1. keen (36) 2. pilfer (36) 3. rummaged (37) 4. privy (38) outhouse/bathroom 5. rogue (38) 6. scuttled (38) 7. beholden (40) 8. ruse (41) 9. wager (41) Chapter 9 (IX) 1. remorse (42) 2. refined (42) 3. rue (43) 4. indenture (43) a contract binding a person to work for another Before 1. forge (46) furnace where metal is heated and molded Chapter 10 (X) 1. fray (50) 2. jeering (50) Chapter 11 (XI) 1. foe (53) 2. boisterous (54) 3. blunderhead (55) oaf; dummy 4. tendency (55) usual habit of behavior 4

5 Chapter 13 (XIII) 1. speculation (68) guess 2. treacherous (68) 3. ambush (68) 4. flanked (68) 5. addlepates (68) dummies; oafs 6. vermin (68) PART II Chapter 14 (XIV) 1. encampment (73) 2. rations (73) 3. fared (74) 4. tatterdemalions (74) people in ragged clothing; ragamuffins 5. oafs (75) 6. forge (75) workshop where metal is melted and then molded into tools 7. poxy (75) evil or cursed 8. forage (77) Chapter 15 (XV) 1. maelstrom (80) chaos; turbulence; storm 2. bedraggled (80) 3. grub (81) 5

6 Chapter 16 (XVI) 1. firecake (82) 2. concoction (83) 3. chiseled (83) Chapter 17 (XVII) 1. portent (87) 2. forge (88) workshop where metal is melted into tools 3. pang (90) spasm of pain; ache 4. victuals (90) Chapter 18 (XVIII) 1. portioned out (93) 2. affliction (93) 3. prodigious (94) avid; extraordinary; enthusiastic Chapter 19 (XIX) 1. caterwauling (99) complaining 2. smidgen (99) Chapter 20 (XX) 1. veered (101) Chapter 21 (XXI) 1. scavenging (103) 2. provisions (104) 3. flogged (104) 4. quarrel (106) 6

7 Chapter 22 (XXII) 1. fervently (108) 2. doleful (110) full of grief or sorrow Chapter 24 (XXIV) 1. disbanded (117) 2. idleness (118) 3. gallows (121) structure used for hanging prisoners 4. mettle (121) strength or spirit; mental and emotional toughness 5. forge (121) a) furnace used to melt metal b) forming by heating or hammering; molding c) place where items are made by heating and shaping them Chapter 25 (XXV) 1. shirking (123) 2. exemplary (123) 3. bamboozled (125) tricked 4. commemorate (126) 5. momentous (126) 6. feat (126) 7. vigor (126) Chapter 26 (XXVI) 1. fortifications (133) structures built to protect and strengthen an area Chapter 27 (XXVII) 1. picaroons (137) pirates 7

8 Chapter 28 (XXVIII) 1. discontented (138 in the quote) 3. rogue (139) mischievous person; evildoer 3. afoot (139) happening; in progress 4. petulance (139) 5. meekest (139) Chapter 29 (XXIX) 1. confer (143) 2. palaver (143) random chat or discussion Chapter 30 (XXX) 1. shoddy (148) worn and used 2. reliable (151) 3. vouched (151) attested to; verified; affirmed Chapter 31 (XXXI) 1. hearth (153) 2. apprenticed (153) 3. diverting (154) Chapter 33 (XXXIII) 1. somber (160) 2. sentiments (160) 3. impudence (162) 4. grave (163) serious 5. miscalculation (163) 8

9 Chapter 34 (XXXIV) 1. malcontent (165) a person who is always unhappy or angry 2. droned (165) Chapter 35 (XXXV) 1. shackled (167) chained Chapter 36 (XXXVI) 1. resurrected (170) 2. pate (170) head 3. hovel (171) hut; dirty shed or shelter 4. goaded (171) 5. perish (172) PART III Chapter 37 (XXXVII) 1. grimy (177) 2. din (178) 3. feigned (178) Chapter 39 (XXXIX) 1. convictions (186) Chapter 40 (XL) 1. forge (190) form; mold 9

10 Chapter 41 (XLI) 1. cogitations (191) thoughts 2. mutiny (193) refusal to obey the orders of the one in charge as protest 3. flue (193) pipe in a chimney through which the smoke and flame travel out 4. insurrection (193) mutiny; revolt; rebellion 5. vain (194) conceited; self-centered; overly proud 6. inclination (195) tendency; desire Chapter 43 (XLIII) 1. lavished (200) 2. discord (202) 3. compensated (202) Chapter 44 (XLIV) 1. tarried (205) 2. loathe (205) hate 3. vengeance (205) act of revenge; punishment Chapter 45 (XLV) 1. stench (209) 2. pallet (210) a temporary bed usually of straw 3. boot-licking (210) kissing up; trying to make someone like you by catering to him 4. stout (212) thick and strong body 5. coveting (212) envying 6. confuddled (213) 10

11 Chapter 46 (XLVI) 1. insolence (215) rudeness 2. riled (216) 3. pretense (218) false claim; excuse Chapter 48 (XLVIII) 1. atrociously (224) 2. conniver (225) 3. cad (227) not a gentleman; a creep 4. kindled (227) 5. pigheaded (227) very stubborn; unyielding 6. chicken-hearted (227) scared; cowardly 7. flailed (228) swung uncontrollably or wildly Chapter 49 (XLIX) 1. sluggard (229) a lazy person 2. plagued (229) 3. apoplexy (230) stroke; loss of movement 4. humors (230) bodily fluids and system; functions 5. fruitless (230) 6. imbalance (231) Chapter 50 (L) 1. plight (233) dilemma; problem 2. fortuitous (234) fortunate; lucky 3. balderdash (235) nonsense 11

12 Chapter 53 (LIII) 1. insensible (242) Chapter 55 (LV) 1. decreed (248) Chapter 56 (LVI) 1. marred (252) 2. matross (253) soldier 3. lingered (255) 4. raucous (255) Chapter 57 (LVII) 1. gumption (258) courage and confidence 2. fret (258) 3. tolerance (258) Chapter 58 (LVIII) 1. foiled (262) prevented 2. keenly (262) extremely; strongly 3. slights (262) insults 4. disparage (263) lower or degrade; talk badly about 5. imprudent (263) unwise 6. mask of indifference (264) face without expression as if uncaring Chapter 59 (LIX) 1. contagion (266) 2. intent (267) 12

13 Chapter 60 (LX) 1. scheme (270) 2. diligent (271) 3. odiferous (271) Chapter 61 (LXI) 1. hue (275) Chapter 62 (LXII) 1. forge (278) formed 2. milling about (279) hanging around 13