1. Vocabulary Chapters 4-7
The Green Book

2. laden
carrying a load, usually heavy

3. reckoned
thought or believed something

4. malfunction
to fail to function properly or normally, or stop functioning altogether

5. furrows
narrow trenches in the soil made by a plow

6. solemn
serious in appearance, sound, or mood

7. sieve
a tool used to separate solid from liquid or to separate smaller pieces of something from larger pieces

8. crimson
dark, purple-red in color

9. chrysalis
an insect at the stage of changing from larva to adult, during which it is inactive and inside a cocoon

10. harrow
a farm tool used to break up and level ground that has been plowed

11. faceted
having small, flat, polished surfaces like a cut gem

12. aloft
upward, high up, or in a higher position

13. refugees
people forced to leave their homes or countries to seek safety or protection

14. vacant
showing no signs of thought, intelligence, or expression

15. bemused
caused to be preoccupied or lost in thought

16. relevant
directly connected with and important to what is being discussed or considered

17. chaff
the husks separated from grain by threshing

18. rations
fixed and limited amounts of something allowed, especially food

19. alighted
landed or settled after a flight

20. swaths
grass or grain cut and deposited along a line