Olaudah Equiano: from "The Life of Olaudah Equiano" - Vocab

Question 1

countenance

Answer 1

• noun
• appearance, especially the expression of the face
• every one of their countenances expressed dejection and sorrow

Question 2

consternation

Answer 2

• noun
• a state of paralyzing dismay; fear
• the drink I was given threw me into the greatest consternation at the strange feeling it produced

Question 3

pestilential

Answer 3

• noun
• deadly; poisonous
• now that we were confined together within the ship, it became absolutely pestilential

Question 4

copious

Answer 4

• adjective
• large amounts; abundant
• the closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, produced copious perspriations

Question 5

scruple

Answer 5

• noun
• a feeling of uneasiness or guilt that keeps a person from doing something
• without scruple are relations and friends separated, most of them never to see each other again

Question 6

nominal

Answer 6

• adjective
• in name but not in reality
• o, ye nominal christians

Question 7

which sentence uses the underlined vocabulary word incorrectly

Answer 7

• the timing of his grand entrance was pestilential
• there were plenty of scruples left when the restaurant finally closed for the day
• she told him if he ever did it again she would be pestilential
• jerry and kay took a nominal bus into town so they could attend the celebration
• there was an unusual color in the countenance of her shoes
• David looked forward with consternation to relaxing in his new hammock