Frederick Douglass 2 Flashcards
Depravity
The act if making something morally bad or evil. Corrupt
Chattel
Moveable article of personal property. Slave
Precept
Commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct. Moral conduct. A warrant
Bestow
To present as a gift. To out to some use. Apply. To provide quarters for
Emancipation
The act of freeing from restraint. Influence. Freeing a slave from bondage
Denunciation
Public censure or condemnation. An accusation of crime before a public prosecutor. Warning of impending evil
Valuation
The act of estimating or setting the value of something. Awareness or acknowledgement of the quality
Profligate
Utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated. Recklessly prodigal or extravagant
Callous
Hardened. Insensitive. Indifferent. Having a callus
Dissipation
The act of dispersion. Waste by misuse. Dissolute way of living
Sufficiency
Adequacy. A sufficient number or amount. Enough.
Subsist
To exist or continue. Remain alive on food or recourses
Copyist
Person who copies. An imitator
Pretensions
Laying of a claim of something.
Pernicious.
Causing insidious harm or ruin. Ruin our. Injurious. Evil
Brute
Nonhuman creature. Insensitive or crude person
Languished
To become weak or feeble. Fade. Undergo neglect. To pine with desire or longing
Ague
A malarial fever that includes chills and sweating fits and pains in bones or joints
Turbid
Not clear or transparent. Cloudy. Thick or sense. Confused. Muddled. Disturbed.
Epoch
Particular period of time marked by distinctive features events etc. a memorable date
Quailed
To lose heart of courage in difficulty or danger
Imbue
To inspire with feelings opinions etc. to saturate with moisture or color
Exculpatory
To clear from a charge of guilt or fault. Free from blame. Vindicate
Fetter
Chain or shackle place on the feet. Anything that confines or restrains
Refinement
Elegance in feeling taste manner or language. Subtle point or distinction
Habiliments
Clothing. Clothes worn in a particular profession
