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Vocabulary "In the Time of the Drums"

Check your understanding of the vocabulary Kim L. Siegelson used in the retelling of the Gullah folktale, "In the Time of the Drums."

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overseersomeone who watches and directs workers
conjureto make someone appear or happen by doing magic
burdensomething heavy that you carry or serious respnsibility that is often hard to deal with
homelandthe place or country where you were born and that you think of as your true home
snowy egretslarge, white, wading birds with long bills, necks, and legs
indigoany of a group of colours that have the same blue-violet hue
marshlow-lying wet land with grassy vegetation
bluffa high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
overseera person who directs and manages an organization
shirttailsThe part of a shirt that extends below the waist, especially in the back



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