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Theme 1:  Journeys	Vocabulary
Akiak	blizzard:  a snowstorm with strong winds
	checkpoint:  a place along a route where people sign in
	courageous:  brave; fearless
	experienced:  having the knowledge to do a certain task
	musher:  the driver of a dogsled team
	rugged:  having a rough, uneven surface
	refuge:  safe place out of danger
	burrowed:  dug a hole
	layover:  brief stop on a trip
	squinted:  looked with eyes partly open
	remote:  far away; distant
	momentum:  speed of a moving object
	purebreed:  animals coming from generations of the same breed
	vowed:  promised
	volunteer:  someone who helps for free
Grandfather's Journey	bewildered:  greatly puzzled, confused
	homeland:  country where one was born
	longed:  wished for, wanted very much
	marveled:  filled with surprise or wonder
	reminded:  made someone remember
	surrounded:  put all around
	traditional: passed down
	astonished:  greatly surprised or amazed
	still:  to make quiet
	homesick:  missing one's home to the point of pain or sickness
Finding the Titantic	distress:  needing immediate help
	plaques:  flat markers that are engraved with words
	shipwrecks:  wrecked ships
	survivors: people who have stayed alive
	unsinkable:  impossible to sink
	voyage:  a long journey to a distant place
	wreckage:  the remains of something that has been destroyed
	iceberg:  huge floating piece of ice from a glacier
	drenched:  soaked
	frigid:  very cold
By the Shores of Silver Lake	conductor:  a person in charge of a train or subway
	depot:  a train or bus station
	lurching:  moving unsteadily from side to side
	murmur: a low constant sound
	satchels:  small bags used for carrying books and other items
	craned:  stretched the neck in order to see better
	platform:  a raised floor or surface
	suspected:  guessed
	shanties:  shacks;  poorly built houses
	stubble:  the short stiff stalks of grain or hay left on a field after harvesting

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