Native American Unit Vocabulary
“The World on the Turtle’s back”
1. void – noun; an empty space
2. ritual – noun; a ceremonial act or a series of such acts
3. devious – adjective; shifty, not straightforward
4. contend – verb; to compete
5. succumb – verb; to give up or give in; to yield
“The Man to send the Rain clouds”
6. arroyo – noun; a deep gully cut by an intermittent stream; a dry gulch
7. mesa – noun; a broad, flat-topped hill with cliff-like sides
8. cloister – noun; a place devoted to religious seclusion; a monastery or convent
9. cassock – noun; an ankle-length garment, with a close-fitting waist and sleeves, worn by clergymen
10. perverse – adjective; stubbornly opposed to what is right or reasonable; wrong-headed
“Deer Woman”
11. reverent – adjective; expressing awe and respect
12. pliability – noun; the quality of being easily influenced or persuaded
13. wryly – adverb; humorously; ironically
14. abashedly – adverb; in an embarrassed way; uneasily
15. personified – adjective; embodied in human form; incarnate (personify- verb)
16. imperceptibly – adverb; so slightly or gradually as to be noticed
17. throng – noun; a crowd
18. reveler – noun; a person participating in noisy festivities or celebrations
19. rendezvous – verb; to meet at a prearranged time and place
20. vulnerable – adjective; susceptible to injury, easily hurt