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Thanksgiving Vocabulary

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

 

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