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Amos Fortune 3/4
Vocabulary words for chapter 3 and 4
Term | Definition |
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Stolid | unfeeling |
Stalwart | strong, powerful, robust |
Guttural | thick, throaty |
Convey | communicate, explain |
Relinquished | gave up |
Cipher | calculate, figure, add, subtract |
Omen | sign |
Renowned | famous, well-known |
Tanner | person who tans hides into leather |
Chattel | a piece of moveable property; like a slave |
Profess | declare openly |
Impassive | not feeling or showing emotion |
Remonstrated | presented different reasoning |
Aghast | shocked |
Severance | the act of breaking apart or keeping apart |
Byword | frequently used saying |
Spavined | lame or crippled by disease |