Explore the Wild West
The Celestials' Railroad
Homesteading
A Pioneer Sampler
Generative Vocabulary
100

Something _________ is very useful.

handy

100

An expression of dissatisfaction or pain

complaint

100

A piece of land in the west that was claimed and lived on.

homestead

100

If someone is _________ to something, he or she is unaware of it.

oblivious

100

A prefix meaning "in the middle."

mid-

200

Usual or normal

typical

200

Heavenly

celestial

200

A place in which people live

residence

200

Delicate

dainty

200

A prefix meaning "across"

trans-

300

People who act in a __________ way toward a country show that they love that country.

patriotic

300

If you hired people to do a job, you ________ them.

employed

300

A set of beliefs

ideology

300

When you talk about the ___________ of something, you talk about its size.

proportions

300

These two prefixes mean"wrongly or incorrectly."

mis- and mal-

400

If you have __________, you have information or understanding about something.

knowledge

400

The act of giving up something valued for something or someone else

sacrifice

400
The land or territory that someone owns and controls

domain

400

To move heavily and slowly

plod

400

These two suffixes mean "capable of."

-able and -ible

500

If something ________ of certain items, it was made up of those things.

consisted

500

CHALLENGE! "The Celestials' Railroad" only has four vocabulary words, so this is the definition for a word from The Pioneer Sampler.

If you __________ someone, you entertained them.

regaled

500

Something that is _________ is the highest in importance.

primary

500
Necessary

indispensable

500

The suffixes _______ and _______ mean "full of."

-ous and -ious