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WOBP CH 6-10 Vocab
Vocabulary words from Ch 6-10 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | respect or loyalty |
| Charter | a document written by the king giving a colony the right to govern themselves |
| Hypocrite | one who does the opposite of what he/she says should be done |
| Notorious | widely and unfavorably known; shameful, unrespectable, disgraceful, dishonorable |
| Hospitality | generous and friendly treatment; generosity |
| Infectious | likely to spread or influence others in a rapid manner; contagious |
| Quarrel | an angry, verbal argument or disagreement |
| Senseless | lacking common sense; wildly foolish; without reason, meaning or purpose |
| Cautiously | In a careful way; thoroughly |
| Contempt | the feeling that another person or a thing is worthless; disrespect, dislike, hostility |
| Dubiously | with distrust & doubt; distrustfully, mistrustfully, skeptically, suspiciously |
| Rankled | annoyed, irritated, angered |
| Allotted | given to or assigned to; divided up and passed out |
| Conjured | made appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic |
| Precarious | not safe or likely to fall; uncertain, insecure, dangerous, unsafe |
| Ravenous | extremely hungry; starving, famished |
| Defiance | open resistance; bold disobedience; opposition, noncompliance, rebellion |
| Impassive | not feeling or showing emotion; expressionless, unreadable, blank |
| Gnarled | knobby, rough, and twisted, especially with age; contorted, crooked |
| Malicious | unkind and showing a strong feeling of wanting to hurt someone; cruel |