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Quiz Prep: Bradford and Equiano Readings Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Windlass

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A type of winch used especially on ships to hoist anchors and haul on mooring lines.

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Avarice

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Extreme greed for wealth or material things.

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Heighten

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To make or to become more intense

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Wretched

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Very miserable or unhappy

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Flogged

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beat (someone) with a whip or stick as punishment or torture

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Loathsome

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causing hatred or disgust; repulsive

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Pestilential

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Relating to or tending to cause an infectious disease

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Fetters

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a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles

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troubles

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transfer of passengers to the Mayflower after one of the other ships became unseaworthy

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Lusty

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Energetic; robust

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exercration

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Angry words; curses

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haylards

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a rope used for raising and lowering a sail, spar, flag, or yard on a sailing ship

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succor

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health and comfort

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Explain Allusion of Scripture and Pisgah

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Alludes to mountain unto which Moses first viewed the promise land.

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Mount Pizca

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Puritan, thanks god because they almost didn’t make the journey. Alludes to mountain unto which Moses first viewed the promise land (Mount Pizca.)

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aught

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Anything at all

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shallop

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a light sailboat used mainly for coastal fishing or as a tender

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Explain Allusion of Eschol…their brethren

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Barricado

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To block off with barricades; block

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Grampus

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Dolphin or orca/killer whale

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withal

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In addition; as a further factor or consideration

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Diverse

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Numerous

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Archaic

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Extremely old or old-fashioned

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Haughty

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Stuck up

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Grievous

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Severe

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Sundry

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Various

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