Vocabulary for Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

These are the words students will be tested on for this reading passage.

boarding school

school with buildings where the pupils live during school term

dormitory

a building with many rooms in which people sleep. Many colleges have dormitories for students whose homes are elsewhere.

endurance

power to last and to withstand hard wear

manual

done with the hands

reservation

land set aside by the government for a special purpose

society

the people of any particular time or place