harriet ann jacobs vocab

Question 0

indecorum

Answer 0

failure to conform to good taste, propriety, or etiquette

Question 1

abominations

Answer 1

a thing that causes disgust or hatred

Question 2

pertinent

Answer 2

relevant or applicable to a particular matter

Question 3

veracity

Answer 3

conformity to facts; accuracy

Question 4

defray

Answer 4

provide money to pay ( a cost or expense)

Question 5

entreated

Answer 5

to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something

Question 6

insolence

Answer 6

rude and disrespectful behavior

Question 7

loquacious

Answer 7

talkative

Question 8

fervently

Answer 8

with passionate fervor; fierily

Question 9

supplicant

Answer 9

prayer; someone who prays to god

Question 10

invoke

Answer 10

cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in the support of an argument

Question 11

retrospect

Answer 11

survey or review of a past course of events or a period of time

Question 12

hoary

Answer 12

grayish white, old and trite

Question 13

imprecation

Answer 13

a spoken curse

Question 14

inculcate

Answer 14

instill (a habit, attitude, or idea) by persistent instruction

Question 15

pilfer

Answer 15

steal

Question 16

licentiousness

Answer 16

the quality of being lewd and lascivious

Question 17

epithet

Answer 17

an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned

Question 18

ascertain

Answer 18

find something out for certain; make sure of

Question 19

irascible

Answer 19

having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

Question 20

abatement

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the ending, reduction, or lessening of something

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discerned

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percieve or recognize something

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purported

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appear or claim to be or do something esp. falsely

Question 23

subterfuge

Answer 23

deceipt used in order to achieve one’s goal

Question 24

gimlet

Answer 24

a small t-shaped tool with a screw tip for boring holes
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a cocktail of gin and lime juice