Vocabulary List
Word:Tense:Meaning
1.Bayonet:N:a sword like stabbing blade that could be attached on to a gun.
2.Bishop:N:a higher up ranked people in the catholic religion
3.Bra Spider:N:A character from a folk tale
4.Brown Brown:N: a drug that is the addition of gunpowder and marijuana
5.Cassava:N:Certain type of plant that is grown in the tropical regions. It’s roots and leaves are used for food
6.Crapes:N:shoes in Sierra Leone
7.Cutlass:N:A sword that is short used for slashing.
8.Freetown:N:The capital of Sierra Leone
9.Gari:N:a grated and dried food
10.Julius Caesar:N:An ancient roman general
11.Lasana:N:A boy who hums in the night
12.Lieutenant:N:A rank that is lower than a lieutenant gerneral but higher than a junior lieutenant
13.“Love Another”:N:A good impression of raising a thumb and saying "One Love"
14.Mende:N:A major language of Sierra Leone
15.Monologue:N:a long speech by an actor in a play or a movie
16.MP:N:Military Police
17.NGO:N:Non-Governmental Organization
18.Ngor:N:A respectful term placed before first name of adults
19.Rehabilitation:N:to restore to good health or useful life
20.Reggae:N:a style of music with strongly accented subdivided beat.
21.Repatriate:V:the process of reuniting ex-child soldier with their former communities
22.RUF:N:The Revolutionary United Front:They are the Revolutionaries that fight in the civil war.
23.Storyteller:N:A elder in a village who tells stories to teach lessons to the younger ones
24.UN:N:The United Nations
25.UNICEF:N:The United Nations Children’s Fund
26.Upline:N:A Krio word used in Freetown to refer parts of the country.
27.Verandah:N:A roofed platform along the outside of the house
28.Wahlee:N:A place out side villages where people process coffee or other crops
29.Walkman:N:an early form of a MP3 player that used tapes.
1.Bayonet:N:a sword like stabbing blade that could be attached on to a gun.
2.Bishop:N:a higher up ranked people in the catholic religion
3.Bra Spider:N:A character from a folk tale
4.Brown Brown:N: a drug that is the addition of gunpowder and marijuana
5.Cassava:N:Certain type of plant that is grown in the tropical regions. It’s roots and leaves are used for food
6.Crapes:N:shoes in Sierra Leone
7.Cutlass:N:A sword that is short used for slashing.
8.Freetown:N:The capital of Sierra Leone
9.Gari:N:a grated and dried food
10.Julius Caesar:N:An ancient roman general
11.Lasana:N:A boy who hums in the night
12.Lieutenant:N:A rank that is lower than a lieutenant gerneral but higher than a junior lieutenant
13.“Love Another”:N:A good impression of raising a thumb and saying "One Love"
14.Mende:N:A major language of Sierra Leone
15.Monologue:N:a long speech by an actor in a play or a movie
16.MP:N:Military Police
17.NGO:N:Non-Governmental Organization
18.Ngor:N:A respectful term placed before first name of adults
19.Rehabilitation:N:to restore to good health or useful life
20.Reggae:N:a style of music with strongly accented subdivided beat.
21.Repatriate:V:the process of reuniting ex-child soldier with their former communities
22.RUF:N:The Revolutionary United Front:They are the Revolutionaries that fight in the civil war.
23.Storyteller:N:A elder in a village who tells stories to teach lessons to the younger ones
24.UN:N:The United Nations
25.UNICEF:N:The United Nations Children’s Fund
26.Upline:N:A Krio word used in Freetown to refer parts of the country.
27.Verandah:N:A roofed platform along the outside of the house
28.Wahlee:N:A place out side villages where people process coffee or other crops
29.Walkman:N:an early form of a MP3 player that used tapes.