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Vocabulary

Vocabulary . Guns for General Washington. n. when no action or can be taken, no progress syn : standoff, standstill a ntonyms: progress, advance stalemates. Stalemate. n . A deep crack or gap in the earth surface s yn : gorge a nt: closing c hasm s , . c hasm.

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Guns for General Washington

  2. n. when no action or can be taken, no progress • syn: standoff, standstill • antonyms: progress, advance • stalemates Stalemate

  3. n. A deep crack or gap in the earth surface • syn: gorge • ant: closing • chasms, chasm

  4. n. A nickname given to a British soldier in the 1700’s since their uniform jacket was red. • syn: Redcoat, soldier • ant: militia, Patriot • lobsterbacks lobsterback

  5. n. a group of military vehicles traveling together with the same orders. • syn: group, escort • ant: • convoys convoy

  6. n. Guns, cannons, and other weapons used by soldiers to fight • syn: arms, weapons • ant: • artilleries artillery

  7. n. A army formed by volunteer citizens • Syn: reserves, minutemen • Ant: civilians, citizens • militias militia

  8. adj. Foolish, senseless or stupid • Syn: absurb, insane • Ant: smart • Daftness, daftly, dafter, daftest daft

  9. Adj. firm, steadfast and loyal in character. • syn: trustworthy, reliable • ant: unworthy, unreliably • staunchly, staunchness, stauncher, staunchest staunch

  10. Adj. to see good about something, or a favorable outcome. • syn: positive, cheery, confident • ant: pessimist, negative, doubtful • Optimistically, optimistics, optimism optimistic

  11. n. A high pitched flute held vertically • Syn: flute, piccalo • fifes fife

  12. n. A disease where a person lacks vitamin C. due to an improper diet. • syn. Diseased, infection • ant. healthy • no word endings scurvy

  13. n. a formation surround a place to prevent people from entering or exiting • syn: barricade, barrier • ant: advantage, opening • blockades blockade

  14. N. a hat with 3 sides and points, shaped like a triangle • Syn: hat • Ant: baseball hat • tricorns tricorn

  15. n. a very short cannon that shoots at high angles • syn: cannon • ant: sword • mortars mortar

  16. N. a substance ground to a fine consistency, used for the explosion in weapons • syn: gunpowder • ant • powders Powder

  17. N. high position of leadership in the army • syn: leader • Ant: private, first class, unranked. • colonels colonel

  18. n. a person who is ordered to fight or harass other ships • syn: pirate • ant: sailor • privateers privateer

  19. n. a sheet of floating ice • Syn: iceberg, berg • ant:water • floes floe

  20. v. to enlist, or sign up, again. • syn: reenroll, retire • reenlisted, reenlisting reenlist

  21. n. a heavy barrier or wall with artillery, • Syn: bombardment, gunfire • ant: barrage

  22. Born in 1750 • Opened a bookstore to support his mom and younger brother. • appointed by General Washington to be Chief of Artillery • After the war, under President Washington, he was appointed Secretary of War. Henry Knox

  23. 3 months 60 tons, or 119,000 pounds of artillery Moved by boat, animal-pulled sleds

  24. British commander of England’s blockade of Boston in 1775-1776 Colonel William Howe

  25. Fort Ticonderoga

  26. Knox’s artillery convoy

  27. The Berkshire Mountains

  28. Fort Ticonderoga

  29. Dorchester Flats

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