IB Lang/Lit Fredrick Douglass Vocab 8/27/24

Question 1

Obdurate

Answer 1

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

Question 2

Stolid

Answer 2

not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive

Question 2

Sacrilege

Answer 2

the violation of anything sacred

Question 3

Jubilee

Answer 3

rejoicing; or a celebration of an anniversary

Question 4

Bequeathed

Answer 4

to hand down; pass on

Question 5

Equivocate

Answer 5

to use unclear or ambiguous expressions

Question 6

Infamy

Answer 6

extremely bad reputation

Question 6

Impudent

Answer 6

shameless or brazenly immodest

Question 7

Barbarism

Answer 7

an uncivilized state or condition

Question 8

Revenue

Answer 8

the income of a government from taxation

Question 9

Philanthropic

Answer 9

engaged in improving human welfare (usually involving donations)

Question 10

Degraded

Answer 10

reduced in rank, reputation, position

Question 11

Counteract

Answer 11

to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action

Question 12

Clemency

Answer 12

an act of deed showing mercy or leniency

Question 13

Utmost

Answer 13

of the greatest or highest degree

Question 14

Fisticuffing

Answer 14

striking or fighting with fists

Question 15

Atone

Answer 15

to make amends or reparation

Question 16

Premature

Answer 16

occurring or done too soon

Question 16

Propriety

Answer 16

conformity to standards of good or proper behavior or manners

Question 17

Tribunal

Answer 17

court of justice

Question 18

Emancipation

Answer 18

the act of freeing from restraint

Question 19

Notoriety

Answer 19

being widely known

Question 20

Disrelish

Answer 20

to have a distaste for; dislike

Question 21

Industrious

Answer 21

working energetically and devotedly; hard-working

Question 22

Fetter

Answer 22

confine; restrain (usually with shackles)

Question 23

Fancy

Answer 23

(verb) to form a conception of / (noun) a fantasy exercised as in a capricious manner

Question 24

Monger

Answer 24

a person involved in something in a petty or contemptible way

Question 25

Sear

Answer 25

to burn or char the surface of

Question 26

Assail

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to attack violently

Question 27

Diffidence

Answer 27

the quality of lacing in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness

Question 28

Presumption

Answer 28

assumption of something as true

Question 29

Suffrage

Answer 29

the right to vote

Question 30

Temperance

Answer 30

moderation or self-restraint; total abstinence from alcohol

Question 31

Venture

Answer 31

in undertaking involving uncertainty of outcome

Question 32

Enfranchisement

Answer 32

to set free; liberate