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Sophia's War
Gr 8 ELA
Term | Definition |
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Abolition | the act of ending slavery |
Accosted | approached in a hostile manner; confronted boldly |
Amidships | toward the middle part of a ship; the center |
Apparition | a ghostlike image of a person |
Ardent | very enthusiastic; eager |
Arduous | involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring |
Averting | avoiding; fending off; turning away |
Badinage | joking around; teasing |
Balked | frustrated; defeated; foiled |
Bandied | discussed; debated; exchanged |
Base | disgraceful; low; corrupt |
Beget | "a sudden, alarming amazement or dead; fear" |
Bestirred | roused to action; moved around quickly |
Billeted | housed; lodged; shelter |
Calamity | disaster; great misfortune |
Catechized | questioned closely; quiz |
Compass | space within limits; range |
Comport | bear; endure; to put up with |
Condescension | superiority; lordliness |
Condolences | expressions of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow or grief |