Transcript Document 7186978

Open Court Vocabulary
for
“Brave as a Mountain Lion”
Genre: Realistic Fiction
reservation
( land set aside by the government for Native Americans to live on )
Many Native Americans live on a
reservation.
drifted
( piled up because of the wind )
The leaves drifted into a ditch.
dreaded
( look forward to with fear )
They dreaded the test because
they had not studied.
qualified
qualify
( fit or able to do a job )
She qualified for the track team
because she trained a lot.
gymnasium
( a room that has equipment for physical exercise )
We played basketball in the
gymnasium.
swirling
( moving around in a twisting motion )
The smoke was swirling out of the
chimney.
livestock
( farm animals )
The livestock needed to be fed.
emblem
( symbol or crest )
Christa McAuliffe’s school emblem in
the space shuttle.
Shoshone
( A Native American tribe that lived in
mountainous lands. )
His grandfather was of the Shoshone
people.
gymnasium
reservation
swirling
dreaded
drifted
qualified