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56 vocabulary

TermDefinition
lore knowledge gained by tradition or anecdote
Puritan a person excessively concerned about property and decorum
knave a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel;rascal;bad person
framed concieved or designed
enlisted joined
venture proceed to somewhere despite possible risk of dangers
ransacked wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
providence the guardianship and control
colonists people that enter a new colony or move to a new country
heapes a large number or amount
Golgotha a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
exhum dig up for reburial or human investigation
corpses the dead body of a human being
captors a person who captures or holds people or animals
scoffed laughed at with contempt and derision
bequeathed left or gave by will after ones death
epidemic a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
mused reflected deeply on a subject
mariners a man who serves as a sailor
plied worked steadily at;conducted
ramshackle in deplorable condition
ethnographer an anthropologist that does ethnography
subsequent following in time or order
anthropology the social science that studies the orgins and social relationships of human beings
Jesuit a member of the Jesuit order
demography the branch of sociology that studies the the characteristics of human populations
Created by: geeklatin
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