english Frederick Douglass I-lll Quiz

Question 1

want (n.):

Answer 1

Deficiency, lack. A want of information concerning my own (birthday was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood (17).

Question 2

invariably (adv.)

Answer 2

Always; on every occasion. Ir is worthy of romark that such slaves invariably suffer great hardships, and have more to contend with, than others (19)

Question 3

conjecture (v/n)

Answer 3

To guess; to infer or surmise. He had ordered her not to go out evening / . J Why master was so careful of her, may be safely left to conjecture (21).

Question 4

commence (v.)

Answer 4

To begin to do something. Before he commenced whipping Aunt Hester, be took her into the kitchen, and stripped her from neck to waist (21).

Question 5

office (n.)

Answer 5

A position of responsibility. The competition for this office sought as diligently to please their overseers, as the office-seekers in the political parties seek to please and deceive the people (26).

Question 6

reverberate (w.)

Answer 6

To resound; to become filled with sound. [I bey would make the dense old woods, for miles around, reverberate with their wild songs (27).

Question 7

ineffable (adj.)

Answer 7

Unspeakable; so extreme that it cannot be expressed in words. The bearing of those wild notes always depressed my spirit, and filled me with ineffable sadness (28)

Question 8

brook (v.)

Answer 8

To put up with or tolerate. Colonel Lloyd could not brook any contradiction from a slave (30-31)

Question 9

sunder (v.)

Answer 9

To separate or split apart, especially in a violent way. [He was snatched away, and forever sundered, from his family and friends, by a hand more unrelenting than death (31-32).

Question 10

ascertain (v.)

Answer 10

To learn or find out something. The slaveholders have been known to send in spies among their slaves, to ascertain their views and feelings in regard to their condition (32)

Question 11

imbibe (v.)

Answer 11

To drink or absorb; to receive into the mind. [S]laves are like other people, and imbibe prejudices quite common to others (32).

Question 12

execrate (v.)

Answer 12

To denounce or criticize strongly. At the very same time, they mutually execrate their masters when viewed separately (32).

Question 13

obdurate (adj.)

Answer 13

Hardened in feeling; stubbornly unwilling to change an opinion or action. He was cruel enough to inflict the severest punishment, . …] and obdurate enough to be insensible to the voice of a reproving conscience (35.

Question 14

reprove (v.)

Answer 14

To admonish, reprimand, rebuke, or scold. He was orael enough to inflict the severest punishment, L :] and obdurate enough to be insensible to the voice of a reproving conscience (35).The teacher reproved the student for coming to class without his homework

Question 15

sparingly (adv.)

Answer 15

Using very little of something; moderately. [He dealt sparingly with his words, and bountifully with his whip (35).

Question 16

consummate (adj.)

Answer 16

Having the characteristics of a perfect example of something; complete or perfect in every detail. His savage barbarity was equaled only by the consummate coolness with which he committed the grossest and most savage deeds upon the slaves under his charge (35).

Question 17

expedient (n.)

Answer 17

A means for getting something done; a tactic for solving a problem. He was asked by Colonel Lloyd and my old master, why he resorted to this extraordinary expedient (36).

Question 18

hazard (n.)

Answer 18

A risk; a source of danger. I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abborrence (43).

Question 19

incur (v.)

Answer 19

To bring a negative consequence down upon oneself; to cause oneself to experience something negative. I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence (43)By earning a low grade on the vocab quiz, the student incurred the wrath of his father.

Question 20

stratagem (n.)

Answer 20

A clever trick or scheme for achieving a goal. In accomplishing this, I was compelled to resort to various stratagems (48).

Question 21

prudence (n.)

Answer 21

Careful judgment that allows one to avoid danger. I am strongly tempted to give the names of two or three of those little boys, as a testimonial of the gratitude and affection I bear them; but prudence forbids (50).

Question 22

unabated (adv.)

Answer 22

Undiminished; not reduced. These were choice documents to me. I read them over and over again with unabated interest (50-51).

Question 23

vindication (n.)

Answer 23

The act of justifying something. What I got from Sheridan was a bold denunciation of slavery, and a powerful vindication of human rights (51).

Question 24

prehigate (adit)

Answer 24

Carelest wasting money or material: He wear knowm fo us alas bring a most med a large portion of his father’s property (56).

Question 25

dissipation (a)

Answer 25

Wasteful expendiure; beharior that shows one is interested only in pleasure. He was known to us alas being a mast one wreat, behavior that show, sho had, ty his reckless mismanagement and profligate dissipation, already wasted a large portion of his father’s property (56).

Question 26

hearth

Answer 26

The foot of a fireplace; the center of a home. The hearth is desolate. The children L. .) wbo once sang and danced in her presence, are gone. (58). Note: The word hearth is pronounced as if it were

spelled “harth.”

Question 27

disposition (n.)

Answer 27

The habitual mood or mindset of some particular person. I was ignorant of his temper and disposition; he was equally so of mine (61).

Question 28

conspicuous (adj.)

Answer 28

Easy to see or notice; attracting attention by being showy. In all things noble which he attempted, his own meanness shone most conspicuous (62-63).

Question 29

reverence (n.)

Answer 29

A feeling or gesture of respect for another. I doubt not that our conduct had much to do with making him appear awkward, and (in] consequence freiful. Our want of reverence for him must have perplexed him greatly (63).

Question 30

depravity (n.

Answer 30

The state of being without a strong moral sense. Prior to his conversion, he relied upon his own depravity to shield and sustain him in bis savage barbarity (63).

Question 31

pretension (n.)

Answer 31

The unpleasant quality of people who think of themselves as being more impressive or important than they really are; behavior that suggests one deserves to be celebrated some alleged merit. He made the greatest pretensions to piety (63).

Question 32

instrumental (adj.):

Answer 32

Important in causing something to happen; serving as a means or tool for achieving something. We thought him instrumental in getting Mr. Samuel Harrison, a very rich slaveholder, to emancipate his slaves (64)

Question 33

betray (v.):

Answer 33

To show or reveal something without intending to. He could not come among us without betraying his sympathy for us, and, stupid as we were, we had the sagacity to see it (64)

Question 34

sagacity (n.):

Answer 34

Discernment or wisdom; the ability to understand difficult situations and make good decisions. He could not come among us without betraying his sympathy for us, and, stupid as we were, we had the sagacity to see it (64).

Question 35

entreat (v.):

Answer 35

To make an earnest request. In this state I appeared before my master, humbly entreating him to interpose his authority for my protection (70)

Question 36

induce (v.)

Answer 36

To bring about or cause something to happen. I deem it proper to make known my intention not to state all the facts connected with my (escape). 1.. (Sluch a statement would most undoubtedly induce greater vigilance on the part of slaveholders than has existed heretofore among them (95).

Question 37

vigilance (n.)

Answer 37

Careful observance; the state of being wakeful and alert. I deem it proper to make known my intention not to state all the facks connected with my (escape). L. .] (5)uch a statement would most undoubted)y induce greater vigilance on the part of slaveholders than has existed heretofore among them (95).

Question 38

exculpate (w.)

Answer 38

To prove someone innocent. I would allow myself to suffer under the greatest imputations which evil-minded men might suggest, rather than exculpate myself, and thereby run the hazard of closing the slightest avenue by which a brother slave might clear himself of the chains and fetters of slavery (95).

Question 39

avow (v.):

Answer 39

To acknowledge or admit something in an open way. I honor these good men and women for their noble daring, and applaud them for willingly subjecting themselves to bloody persecution, by openly avowing their participation in the escape of slaves (96).

Question 40

commensurate (adj.)

Answer 40

Equal to something else in size or degree. Let him be left to feel his way in the dark; let darkness commensurate with his crime hover over him (96).

Question 41

exhort (v.)

Answer 41

To urge someone to do something. He exhorted me to content myself, and be obedient (97).

Question 42

perseverance (n.)

Answer 42

persistence and determination.

Question 43

conveyance

Answer 43

Something that carries or transports people and things from one place to another; a vehicle.

[W That direction I travelled, and by what mode of conveyance [ ] I must leave unexplained (100).

Question 44

dilapidated

Answer 44

Fallen into partial ruin; deteriorated. I saw few or no dilapidated houses, with poverty stricken inmates (105).