Polly Bemis: A Chinese American Pioneer

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LANGUAGE - VOCABULARY - MATCH DEFINITIONS

Using the vocabulary words, match them to the correct definition.
 
 
fierce_____
outhouse_____
footbinding_____
restore_____
illegal_____
lengthy_____
indispensibles_____
dismount_____
refurbish_____
obtained_____
brandished_____
remote_____
Caucasian_____
eventually_____
occasionally_____
slave_____
spectacles______
smuggle_____
stroke_____
buffeted_____
reluctant_____

a. someone who is forced to work without pay for another person
b. very violent, rough
c. knocked about again and again
d. to secretly carry
e. against the law
f. lasting a long time
g. to get down off the back of an animal
h. people of light skin from Europe
i. after a long time
j. reached a goal
k. waved about in a threatening way
l. far away from towns or people
m. from time to time, not regularly
n. a pair of glasses for seeing better
o. things that were necessary
p. a sudden blockage of a blood vessel in the brain
q. unwilling to do something
r. ancient Chinese practice of keeping feet 
small
s. outside toilet without running water
t. return to an earlier condition
u. make something cleaner, brighter

 

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