Watauga

[ wo-taw-guh ]

/ wɒˈtɔ gə /

noun

a town in N Texas.

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Example sentences from the Web for watauga

Sevier had survived his old friend, co-founder with him of Watauga, by one year.
Pioneers of the Old Southwest|Constance Lindsay Skinner
This letter was brought to Watauga at dead of night by a masked man who slipped it through a window and rode away.
Pioneers of the Old Southwest|Constance Lindsay Skinner
Sevier decided to join the settlement on the Watauga, 124and went back to bring his wife and two children.
Stories of Later American History|Wilbur F. Gordy
The Watauga victory thus helped to secure in 1776 the ground won two years before at the Great Kanawha.
The American Revolution|John Fiske

I needed not to be told that before me were the renowned leaders of the Watauga settlements.
The Crossing|Winston Churchill

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