| A | B |
|---|
| adopt / adopted | to use, to make your own, to copy, to imitate |
| agile | quick, fast, able to move in every direction with ease |
| ancestors | people who are related to you - they came before you |
| cabin | a house made out of logs - usually has a stone fireplace |
| cattle | four legged creatures we get meat/beef from/ steak from - the live on ranches in the West |
| Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints | known as Mormons - they settled in Salt Lake City - for religious freedom |
| coinage | money - quarters, dimes, nickels |
| courage | having the strength to do something - no fear |
| diverse | many different groups |
| dominant / dominate | in control - to tell people what to do |
| enable / enabled | to help people do something |
| epidemics | disease which spreads & kills a lot of people |
| fate | what will happen in the end - a calling - you are trained to do something - an end result |
| hostility | war - anger - violence |
| imbedded | hidden away within something |
| innovate | different, unique |
| interference | to block - to disturb, to hinder |
| invent | to create, to make, to develop |
| ominous | bad, evil, a horrible feeling |
| perpetuate | to keep going |
| pry / prrying | to open - to look into |
| rail lines | trains run on them - tracks |
| railroads | trains - used to transport people & goods - in the 1800s towns develop beside them in the West |
| registration fee | to pay money before you take a class, or get an "official" piece of paper |
| relocation | to move to another place - sometimes by choice - sometimes you are forced |
| roughshod | harsh - uneven - to do something in a hurry just to get it done |
| self-sufficient | you have what you need - you can survive by yourself |
| strenuous | tough, difficult, hard to do, you have to use a lot of energy/strength |
| suitable | it works, it fits together well, it goes along well |
| technique | how you do something, method |
| telephone | you talk to people on it - created in the 1800s |
