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vocab oct. 10

english

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sustenance means of sustaining life; nourishment; means of livlihood
sagamore a subordinate chief among the Algonquins of North America
amenable ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield
peremptory leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative
alchemy a pseudoscientific forerunning of chemistry in medieval times
sojourn a temperary stay
efficacy effectiveness
requital something given or done as repayment, reward, punishment in return
expostulation earnest and kindly protest
infamy condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act
retribution something justly deserved;recompense
lurid causing shock or horror; gruesome
vivify to make for lively
inscrutable difficult to fathom or understand
assimilate to absorb (a culturally distinct group) into the prevailing culture
fain happily; gladly; obliged or required
pregenitor a direct ancestor
emolument payment for an office or employment; compensation
escetic a person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere slef-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion
succor assistance in time of distress; relief
martyr one who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause or principle
contumacious obstinately disobedient or rebellious; insubordinate
sanctify to make holy; purify
aver to assert formally as a fact; to justify or prove
avow to acknoqledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly; confess
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