Frederick Douglass 1 Flashcards
Gratification
Great satisfaction, reward or recompense
Cudgel
A short thick stick used as a weapon
Impertinent
Intrusive, uncivil, irrelevant
Intimation
Making known indirectly, a hint
Joists
Small parallel beams for supporting floors or ceiling
Lineal
Being in the direct line as a descent
Mulatto
Half black half white
Overseer
Supervisor. Manager
Anguish
Excruciating or acute distress
Betide
To happen, come to. Befall. Come to pass
Coopering
To make or repair. Furnish or fix
Ineffable
Incapable of being expressed or described in words
Obdurate
Unmoved by persuasion pity or tender feelings. Stubbornly resistant or moral influence
Pathetic
Causing or evoking pity. Sympathetic.
Privation
Lack or the usual comforts or necessaries of life