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Sophia's War
Gr 8 ELA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abolition | the act of ending slavery |
| Accosted | approached in a hostile manner; confronted boldly |
| Amidships | toward the middle part of a ship; the center |
| Apparition | a ghostlike image of a person |
| Ardent | very enthusiastic; eager |
| Arduous | involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring |
| Averting | avoiding; fending off; turning away |
| Badinage | joking around; teasing |
| Balked | frustrated; defeated; foiled |
| Bandied | discussed; debated; exchanged |
| Base | disgraceful; low; corrupt |
| Beget | "a sudden, alarming amazement or dead; fear" |
| Bestirred | roused to action; moved around quickly |
| Billeted | housed; lodged; shelter |
| Calamity | disaster; great misfortune |
| Catechized | questioned closely; quiz |
| Compass | space within limits; range |
| Comport | bear; endure; to put up with |
| Condescension | superiority; lordliness |
| Condolences | expressions of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow or grief |