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breadwinner vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| to decree(v)/decree(n) | To make a law To command declare |
| oppression (n.)/to oppress (v.) | Being burdened by people in power/Depress |
| to rummage (v.) | To search actively/To find/To fetch |
| labyrinth (n.) | maze/puzzle |
| parcel (n.) | Package/batch |
| to smuggle (v.) | to take something out of a country illegally |
| intact (adj.) | when everything is still together after an incident |
| brusque (adj.)/brusquely (adv.) | Abrupt in manner/Short in speech |
| gingerly (adv.) | With great care and caution |
| relent (v.)/relented | to become less severe/to soften one’s attitude/to ease-off and relax one’s temper |
| unrelenting (adj.) | unrelenting is something that never slows down/eases-off/or never gives up or has no mercy |
| derision (n.) | Ridicule/mockery |
| poultice (n.) | Thick paste used for medicinal purposes |
| exiled (adj.)/to exile (v.) | Dead/Killed/To kill |
| bride-price (n.) | money and goods given to a bride from a groom |
| unearth (v.) | To dig up/To get from underground |
| to decree(v)/decree(n) | To make a law To command declare |
| oppression (n.)/to oppress (v.) | Being burdened by people in power/Depress |
| to rummage (v.) | To search actively/To find/To fetch |
| labyrinth (n.) | maze/puzzle |
| parcel (n.) | Package/batch |
| to smuggle (v.) | to take something out of a country illegally |
| intact (adj.) | when everything is still together after an incident |
| brusque (adj.)/brusquely (adv.) | Abrupt in manner/Short in speech |
| gingerly (adv.) | With great care and caution |
| relent (v.)/relented | to become less severe/to soften one’s attitude/to ease-off and relax one’s temper |
| unrelenting (adj.) | unrelenting is something that never slows down/eases-off/or never gives up or has no mercy |
| derision (n.) | Ridicule/mockery |
| poultice (n.) | Thick paste used for medicinal purposes |
| exiled (adj.)/to exile (v.) | Dead/Killed/To kill |
| bride-price (n.) | money and goods given to a bride from a groom |
| unearth (v.) | To dig up/To get from underground |