This quiz is to ascertain your prior knowledge of words likely to appear in the first chapter of "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier
Ramrod
Gun rod
Muzzle rod
Gunstick
Tangle
Random
Estrange
Nib
Shard
Nib
Daugerreotype
Ramrod
Retribution
Shard
Silver photo
Daguerreotype
Retribution
Gabled
Detractable
Lurid
Brevity
Precious
Lurid
Retribution
Gable
Gambled
Pitch
Slatted
Balanced
Weighted
Tentative
Symmetry
Scold
Scarred
Scald
Screet
Groping
Brevity
Pernicous
Tentative
Studied
Clefted
Stupor
Bristled
Homely
Comely
Openly
Recitedly
Roustabout
Rigorous
Rousing
Ruination
Generalized
Storish
Marketish
Mercantile
Brawl
Taunt
Stout
Vivacious
Sundry
Sunday
Sumter
Sundish
Beleave
Cleave
Undeave
Reprieve
Bereave
Persistent
Persimmon
Personnel
Pine
Division
Determine
Diversion
Skirmish
Precipice
Preconcieve
Omen
Skirmish
Precipice
Recurrence
Fightturn
Yellow
Bard
Precipice
Wan
Singster
Bard
Bord
Burd
Occasionals
Attire
Attritions
Atumanals
Render
Reengage
Return
Gracious