Douglass Narrative Vocabulary

Question 1

Odiousness

Answer 1

Deserving or causing hatred

Question 2

Deference

Answer 2

Respectful submission to another

Question 3

Ineffable

Answer 3

Incapable of being expressed in words

Question 4

Defiled

Answer 4

To make foul, dirty, or unclean

Question 5

Imbibe

Answer 5

to take or receive into the mind

Question 6

Impudence

Answer 6

The quality or state of being impudent; insolence

Question 7

Expedient

Answer 7

A means of attaining an end

Question 8

Incur

Answer 8

Bring or take upon oneself

Question 9

Depravity

Answer 9

The state of being morally corrupt

Question 10

Precepts

Answer 10

A general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought

Question 11

Dissipation

Answer 11

Mental distraction

Question 12

Want

Answer 12

To feel a need or a desire for

Question 13

Sage

Answer 13

A profoundly wise person

Question 14

Quail

Answer 14

To wither or decline

Question 15

Imprudent

Answer 15

Lacking discretion; incautious

Question 16

Impropriety

Answer 16

Inappropriateness

Question 17

Gall

Answer 17

Make sore by rubbing

Question 18

Exculpate

Answer 18

To free from blame

Question 19

Scathing

Answer 19

Bitterly severe

Question 20

Misnomer

Answer 20

A wrong or inaccurate name

Question 21

Impertinent

Answer 21

Not relevant

Question 22

Conjecture

Answer 22

An opinion or conclusion formed on incomplete information

Question 23

Sundered

Answer 23

To separate

Question 24

Pious

Answer 24

Making a hypocritical display of virtue

Question 25

Maxim

Answer 25

A principle or rule of conduct

Question 26

Unabated

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With undiminished force

Question 27

Intimated

Answer 27

Imply or hint

Question 28

Emaciated

Answer 28

Abnormally thin or weak