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breadwinner vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |