fredrick douglas vocab

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appalled

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great dismay or horrify; shock

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abhorrence

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a feeling of repulsion; extreme disgust

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ardent

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enthusiastic or passionate

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atrocious

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horrifyingly wicked

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blight

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a plant disease; to infect a plant with something

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commensurate

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corresponding in size or proportion

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conspicuous

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standing out as to be clearly visible

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debasing

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to reduce something in quality or value

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dilapidate

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to cause something to fall into disrepair or ruin

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diligently

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showing care or conscientiousness in one’s work or duties

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dissipation

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to disperse or scatter

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emaciates

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to waste away physically

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epoch

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a period of time in history or in a persons life, typically marked my a signifigant event

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evince

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to reveal the presence of (a wuality or feeling)

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expediant

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convenient and practical, although possible immoral or improper

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feasible

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possible to do easily or conveniently

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forte

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a thing at which someone excels

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imbue

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inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality

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impertinent

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not showing proper respect; rude

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improprietary

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a failure to observe standards or show due honesty or modesty; improper language, behavior, or character

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ineffable

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to great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

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minute

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extremely small in size, amount, or degree

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misnomer

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a wrong or inaccurate name or designation

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mulatto

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someone pf mixed black and white ancestry

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myriad

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a countless or excedingly great number

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odiousness

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the act of being extremely unpleasant and revulsive

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pernicious

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having a harmful effect in a gradual or subtle way

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precept

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a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought

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presumptuous

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failing to observe the limits of what is appropriate

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quail

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to feel or show fear or apprehension

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reverberate

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a loud noise repeated several times as if an echo

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sagacity

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having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; shrewd

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sentinel

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a soldier or guard whose job it is to keep watch

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urchin

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a mischevious young child