Job 3
- sleepers-"Some loose boards laid upon the sleepers supporting the metals of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executioners -two private soldiers of the Federal army, directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff." (1st page)
- acclivity- "The other bank of the stream was open ground-a gentle acclivity topped with stockade of verticl tree trunks, loopholed for rifles, with a single embrasure through which protruded the muzzle of a brass cannon commanding the bridge."(1st page)
- dignitary- "Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations or respect, even by those most familiar with him."(1st page)
- fixity- "In the code of military etiquete silence and fixity are forms of deference."(1st page)
- knell-"He wondered what it was, and whether imeassurably distant or near by- it seemed both. Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell."(bottom of page 2)
Hi, Kandace! (: Here are the definitions for your words:
ReplyDeleteSleeper: a piece of timber, stone, or steel on or near the ground to support a superstructure, keep railroad rails in place, or receive floor joists.
Acclivity: an ascending slope (as of a hill).
Dignitary:one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor.
Fixity:the quality or state of being fixed or stable.
Death Knell: The tolling of a bell to mark someone's death.