| vagrant | ridicule | scourge | prejudices |
| quandary | cynical | inundated |
Read the sentences below from the chapter. Write down what you think the word in bold means. Check your definition in the dictionary. Write the definition down from the dictionary. Write a new sentence for each word.
Instructors slapped their hands with a switch whenever they were caught using the Gwich'in language. Eventually Peter realized that to be Gwich'in meant pain and ridicule.
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The people tending the sick were too busy to check on many of their patients. They were losing a war against this scourge, for when the germs entered the body the sickness took a firm hold.
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This was the time when the Gwich'in people of our area fine-tuned their prejudices. The term “dirty Indians” was learned and used by our people.
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