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 Pioneer Girl Vocabulary Definitions (Test on Wednesday)
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1. claim - a piece of land that someone reserves for ownership.
2. convinced - persuaded or certain.
3. discouraged - not hopeful or enthusiastic.
4. fertile - rich in material needed to grow healthy plants.
5. heifer - a young cow that has not yet had a calf.
 6. homestead - a piece of land given to settlers for farming and building a home.
 7. immigrants - persons who move to a new country.
8. prairie - a large area of flat or rolling grassland.
9. sod - a chunk of grass and soil held together by matted roots.
10. memoir - an account of experiences that the author has lived through.
11. discharge - to shoot or fire.
12. firebreaks - grassless ditches fires could not cross

Pioneer Girl Spelling Words (Test Tuesday)
dozen voyage forbid native  
 language destroy notice distance  
carrot knowledge captive spinach  
 solid  justice ashamed program  
 message respond service relative