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Harriet Tubman Voc.
Flashcards covering vocabulary words encountered in our Harriet Tubman novel
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vigor | Healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality. |
| Evoked | To call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.) |
| Assuaged | To appease; satisfy; allay; relieve. |
| Surreptitiously | Acting in a stealthy way. |
| Insurrection | An act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government. |
| Degrading | To lower in character or quality; debase. |
| Inevitable | Unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary. |
| Inexplicable | Not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained. |
| Curative | Serving to cure or heal pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial. |
| Unaccustomed | Unusual; unfamiliar. |
| Intractable | Not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate. |
| Prophet | A person who foretells or predicts what is to come; speaks for God. |
| Quell | To suppress; put an end to; extinguish. |
| Congregate | To bring together in a crowd, body, or mass; assemble; collect. |
| Desultorily | Lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful. |
| Languorous | Lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness. |
| Audacity | Boldness, daring. |
| Irradicable | Not capable of being removed or eradicated. |