Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Chapters 1-10 Bilagaanaas: What Navajo people called white people. Drab: Dull, boring, lacking in cheerfulness. Yaat'eeh: How you say hello in Navajo. Divine: Worshiping a or any God.

Chapters 11-15 Platoon: A small group of soldiers. Smoking Lamp: A lamp that meant break time in the Marines. Scuttlebutt: Rumor or gossip. Superstructure: The part of a ship above the main deck Wehee: Exaggeration (Sam the genius thought it was a Navajo word)

Chapters 16-19 entrenched- to dig or occupy a trench serene- calm, peaceful, tranquil Bougainville- Part of the Solomon islands in Melanesia. Also part of Papa New Guinea.

Chapters 20-24 pillboxe- trench or fighting hole distillerie- food store thatch- hole covered by something

Chapters 25-28 ominous- portending evil or harm forboding- threatening sanction- authoritative permission or approval as for an action. Dine '- Navajo homeland.