Spelling/Vocabulary Words
“Two Kettles”
Spelling:
1. stagger
2. yonder
3. overwhelm
4. buckskin
5. landmark
6. combine
7. hilarious
8. twitch
9. vertical
10. semester
Vocabulary Words:
1. christened- named officially
2. doublet- an English waistcoat worn by men, women, older girls, and boys
3. finery- fancy clothes for special occasions
4. fowling- the hunting of birds for food
5. hearth- an outdoor or indoor fire used for cooking, light, and warmth
6. musket- a long-barreled firearm used by the English
7. Nasump-thick porridge made with ground corn and cooked with meat, fruit, or
vegetables
8. pestle- a tool for grinding food into powder or meal
9. pompion- a pumpkin
10. quahogs- hard-shelled clams
11. sinew- animal tendon (traditionally used as thread)
12. wetu- a Wampanoag house built from saplings bent into an arch and covered with
bark