A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Frederick Douglass Flashcards

10703807592	pharisaical	excessively or hypocritically pious	0
10703817664	execrate	curse or declare to be evil or anathema	1
10703821838	exculpate	pronounce not guilty of criminal charges	2
10703837397	transferable	capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another	3
10703845012	imbue	spread or diffuse through	4
10703853184	reverberate	ring or echo with sound	5
10703857258	misnomer	an incorrect or unsuitable name	6
10703937295	debase	make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance	7
10703943051	perpetrate	perform an act usually with a negative connotation	8
10703953537	imbibe	take in liquids	9
10703963179	egotistical	having an inflated idea of one's own importance	10
10703978391	noisome	causing or able to cause nausea	11
10703986463	emancipate	free from slavery or servitude	12
10703997373	scathing	marked by harshly abusive criticism	13
10704000314	gory	covered with blood	14
10704006837	commensurate	corresponding in size or degree or extent	15
10704032040	turbid	clouded as with sediment	16
10704037684	misapprehension	an understanding of something that is not correct	17
10704043545	writhe	move in a twisting or contorted motion	18
10704046542	dank	unpleasantly cool and humid	19
10704056715	fester	ripen and generate pus	20
10704070655	labelled	bearing or marked with a label or tag	21
10704074820	mote	a tiny piece of anything	22
10704077822	reprove	reprimand, scold, or express dissatisfaction with	23
10704084084	overpower	overcome by superior force	24
10704086989	stereotype	a conventional or formulaic conception or image	25
10704092287	sunder	break apart or in two, using violence	26
10704098699	conspire	act in agreement and in secret towards a deceitful purpose	27
10704104816	ooze	pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings	28
10704112810	agitate	move or cause to move back and forth	29
10704124776	obdurate	stubbornly persistant in wrongdoing	30
10704127758	insecurity	the anxiety experienced when feeling vulnerable	31
10704132320	reputable	held in high esteem and honor	32
10704135754	aggravate	make worse	33
10704141990	misdemeanor	a crime less serious than a felony	34
10704153357	scuffle	fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters	35
10704180139	rant	talk at length in a noisy, excited, or angry manner	36
10704185644	immutable	not subject or susceptible to change or variation	37
10704189195	dregs	sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid	38
10704193338	evince	give expression to	39
10704198750	forte	an asset of special worth or utility	40
10704207058	liberator	someone who releases people from captivity or bondage	41
10704212974	arraign	accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy	42
10704216751	odium	hate coupled with disgust	43
10704220190	lax	without rigor or strictness	44
10704224835	mallet	a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head	45
10704230971	fodder	coarse food composed of plants or leaves and stalks	46
10704236192	perdition	the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment	47
10704240551	famished	extremely hungry	48
10704250959	allege	report or maintain	49
10704287998	annihilate	kill in large numbers	50
10704287999	votary	a priest or priestess in a non-Christian religion or cult	51
10704294363	subside	wear off or die down	52
10704298560	interpose	introduce	53
10704301141	emaciated	very thin especially from disease, hunger, cold	54
10704308269	hypocritical	professing feelings or virtues one does not have	55
10704312452	impropriety	the condition of being unsuitable or offensive	56
10704317807	degrade	reduce in worth or character, usually verbally	57
10704322784	chattel	personal as opposed to real property	58
10704326404	callous	emotionally hardened	59
10706037546	gash	cut open	60
10706037547	depravity	moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles	61
10706043288	sufficiency	the quality of being enough for the end in view	62
10706048285	profligate	unrestrained by convention or morality	63
10706051354	wallow	roll around	64
10706055958	discordant	not in agreement or harmony	65
10706058924	feasible	capable of being done with means at hand	66
10706061650	incoherent	without logical or meaningful connection	67
10706064625	vindicate	show to be right by providing justification or proof	68
10706069766	presumptuous	going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous	69
10706081006	ineffable	defying expression or description	70
10706085167	appropriately	in an appropriate manner	71
10706088546	betoken	be a signal for or a symptom of	72
10706091076	stupor	marginal consciousness	73
10706097102	devote	dedicate	74
10706100937	append	fox to, attach	75
10706104090	urchin	a poor and often mischievous city child	76
10706106285	jargon	technical technology characteristic of a particular subject	77
10706110411	persevere	be persistent, refuse to stop	78
10706114434	inanimate	not endowed with life	79
10706117831	accumulate	get or gather together	80
10706120833	dilapidated	in a state of decay, ruin, or deterioration	81
10706123022	tearful	filled with or marked by weeping	82
10706125097	fang	canine tooth of a carnivorous animal	83
10706129200	cooper	craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs	84
10706133140	partiality	an inclination to favor one group or view over alternatives	85
10706137188	imprudent	not wise	86
10706140118	inflexible	resistant to being bent	87
10706143021	impassable	incapable of being gone across or through	88
10706145840	enhance	increase	89
10706153152	blasphemy	profane language	90
10706156574	stint	supply sparingly and with restricted qualities	91
10706161060	defile	make dirty or spotty	92
10706164264	analyze	break down into components or essential features	93
10706166661	divest	take away possessions from someone	94
10706170388	animate	very likely	95
10706173818	incompatible	not in harmonious or agreeable combination	96
10706176492	compensate	make amends for	97
10706179543	servile	submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior	98
10706182145	tithe	a levy of one tenth of something	99
10706185564	Spartan	of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people	100
10706191404	goad	stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick	101
10706195135	parody	a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style	102
10706198191	expire	lose validity	103
10706204679	cant	a slope in the turn of a road or track	104
10706208037	relieve	free from a burden, evil, or distress	105
10706211582	inconsistency	the quality of lacking a harmonious uniformity among parts	106
10706215502	caricature	a representation of a person exaggerated for a comic effect	107
10706283524	detection	the perception or discovery that something has occurred	108
10706287837	unaccountable	not to be explained	109
10706295921	vestige	an indication that something has been present	110
10706298473	laboring	doing arduous work or unpleasant work	111
10706302295	ceaseless	uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing	112
10706308207	impudence	the trait of being rude and impertinent	113
10706308438	glossy	reflecting light	114
10706311568	mutually	in a shared manner	115
10706314077	ravage	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly	116
10706316519	trough	a long, narrow, shallow receptacle	117
10706326824	impertinent	improperly forward or bold	118
10706329625	conveyance	something that serves as a means of transportation	119
10706333101	stratagem	an elaborate or deceitful scheme to deceive or evade	120
10706338752	midday	when morning ends and the afternoon begins	121
10706341627	consummate	having or revealing supreme mastery or skill	122
10706345999	pernicious	exceedingly harmful	123
10706348949	invaluable	having incalculable monetary or intellectual worth	124
10706351927	denounce	speak out against	125
10706356319	erroneous	containing or characterized by mistakes	126
10706359890	chisel	an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge	127
10706362444	halting	limping; disabled in the feet or legs	128
10706365788	calculate	make a mathematical computation	129
10707239095	sleek	having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light	130
10707241203	scourge	something causing misery or death	131
10707245007	hazardous	involving risk or danger	132
10707247806	precede	be earlier in time	133
10707251530	participant	someone who takes part in an activity	134
10707291824	abhor	find repugnant	135
10707291825	quail	small gallinaceous game birds	136
10707296494	liability	the state of being legally obliged and responsible	137
10707300444	outskirts	outlying areas, as of a city or town	138
10707303707	libel	a false and malicious publication	139
10707307226	pursue	follow in an effort to capture	140
10707313793	ardor	feelings of great warmth and intensity	141
10707321280	semblance	an outward appearance that is deliberately misleading	142
10707324582	unload	leave or discharge	143
10707328322	glare	be sharply reflected	144
10707331231	privation	the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights	145
10707335000	languish	become feeble	146
10707338527	devise	arrange by systematic planning and united effort	147
10707342038	redress	make reparations or amends for	148
10707344794	profane	grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred	149
10707382971	misty	filled or abounding with fog	150
10707384982	impartial	free from undue bias or preconceived opinions	151
10707388983	administer	supervise or be in charge of	152
10707391876	assuring	giving confidence	153
10707393772	forthcoming	at ease in talking to others	154
10707396435	avenge	take action in return for a perceived wrong	155
10707400138	meek	humble in spirit or manner	156
10707407502	hypocrisy	pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you don not have	157
10707411819	infidel	a person who does not acknowledge your god	158
10707415322	benefactor	a person who helps people or institutions	159
10707418892	sting	deliver a sudden pain to	160
10707420862	glaring	shining intensely	161
10707422766	rave	talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner	162
10707439978	insensible	barely able to be perceived	163
10707442664	compliance	the act of submitting, usually surrendering power to another	164
10707447176	consume	take in as food	165
10707450145	staid	characterized by dignity and propriety	166
10707623213	incline	lower or bend, as in a nod or bow	167
10707625432	console	give moral or emotional strength to	168
10707627289	bondage	the state of being under the control of another person	169
10707637010	humane	marked by concern with the alleviation of suffering	170
10707639913	gall	a digestive juice screwed by the liver	171
10707642730	revive	cause to regain consciousness	172
10707645847	fetter	a shackle to the ankles or feet	173
10707649377	infernal	characteristic of or resembling Hell	174
10707652074	starve	die of food deprivation	175
10707654775	cultivate	adapt something wild to the environment	176
10707657241	contemplate	think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes	177
10707759292	deprive	take away	178
10707763231	sustain	lengthen or extend in duration or space	179
10708587390	refinement	the result of improving something	180
10708590394	rapture	a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion	181
10708599357	convert	change the nature, purpose, or function of something	182
10708602130	shun	avoid and stay away from deliberately	183
10708605561	climax	the highest point of anything	184
10708608533	infer	conclude by reasoning	185
10708608535	ridicule	language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate	186
10708612151	reject	refuse to accept or acknowledge	187
10708615451	reluctantly	with a certain degree of unwillingness	188
10708618804	cradle	a baby bed with sides and rockers	189
10708631507	pomp	cheap or pretentious or vain display	190
10708634344	consultation	the act of referring to something to find information	191
10708639737	undertake	enter upon an activity or enterprise	192
10708641969	insurrection	organized opposition to authority	193
10708645218	maxim	a saying that is widely accepted by its own merits	194
10708650092	yoke	a wooden frame across the shoulders for carrying buckets	195
10708652810	confine	place limits on	196
10708652811	impose	charge and collect payment	197
10708656234	commence	set in motion, cause to start	198
10708658649	appall	strike with disgust or revulsion	199
10708661685	conversion	the act of changing from one use or function to another	200
10708664012	conjecture	believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds	201
10708669222	incur	make oneself subject to	202
10708669425	stump	the base part that remains after a tree had been felled	203
10708674235	pathetic	deserving or inciting pity	204
10708677901	pursuing	following in order to overtake or capture	205
10708680347	combine	put or add together	206
10708680348	withhold	hold back; refuse to hand over or share	207
10708684414	inspire	serve as the inciting cause of	208
10708687146	deceive	cause someone to believe an untruth	209
10708690638	plunge	dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity	210
10708696757	desolate	providing no shelter or sustenance	211
10708699279	piety	righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout	212
10708703310	compensation	the act of making amends for service or loss or injury	213
10708706843	tame	brought from wilderness into a domesticated state	214
10708710440	weave	pattern or structure of a fabric	215
10708712892	outrage	a disgraceful event	216
10708715086	solely	without any other being included or involved	217
10708718312	defiance	a hostile challenge	218
10708720886	errand	a short trip taken in the performance of a necessary task	219
10708723750	manifestation	a clear appearance	220
10708725894	betray	deliver to an enemy by treachery	221
10708729153	label	a brief description given for purposes of identification	222
10708732785	swamp	low land that is seasonally flooded	223
10708735764	awkward	lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance	224
10708740465	calamity	an event resulting in great loss and misfortune	225
10708742810	abolish	do away with	226
10708742811	enlighten	give spiritual insight to	227
10708747462	dense	having high compaction or concentration	228
10708749818	undertaking	any piece of work that is attempted	229
10708753121	devour	eat immoderately	230
10708775740	accurate	characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth	231
10708778538	afflict	cause physical pain of suffering in	232
10708781042	acquire	come into the possession of something concrete or abstract	233