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Thanksgiving Vocabulary Quiz Worksheet

Directions: Match the vocabulary words on the left with the definitions on the right.

1. thanks juice that drips from cooking meat, or a sauce made by thickening and seasoning this juice.
2. grateful someone who undertakes a usu. long trip for a religious purpose, such as to visit a holy place.
3. turkey any sumptuous and elaborate meal, usu. for many people; banquet.
4. treaty a person who settles in a previously uninhabited or new area; colonist.
5. feast a public procession of people or things, esp. on the occasion of a celebration or ceremony, and usu. including band music.
6. settler feeling or showing appreciation for kindnesses or benefits; thankful.
7. gravy being the place of birth or origin.
8. harvest an acknowledgment of gratitude for a benefit received.
9. colony the edible starchy, tuberous root of a tropical climbing plant, or the plant itself.
10. autumn the gathering of ripe crops, the crops or the amount so gathered, or the season in which they are gathered.
11. pilgrim a North American shrub growing in marshy ground and bearing a tart, red, edible berry, or the berry itself.
12. parade a large, originally North American bird with brownish feathers and a wattled head, now domesticated in many parts of the world.
13. native a formal agreement between two or more countries or organizations.
14. cranberry the season of the year between summer and winter, in the northern hemisphere continuing from the September equinox to the December solstice; fall.
15. yam a territory governed by a distant country, often settled by citizens of that country.

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