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Johnny Tremain 1-30
Word | Meaning |
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ambitious | hard working |
considerate | kind, caring |
ingenuity | cleverness |
effigy | crude figure representing someone hated |
yoke | shoulder harness |
elegant | beautiful and graceful |
wharf | pier |
whig | Patriot |
tory | Loyalist |
inalienable | cannot be taken away |
hovel | shack |
apprentice | one learning a trade |
lank | thin, slender |
content | satisfied |
fierce | angry |
flaccid | flabby |
parasite | one who lives off another's efforts |
hoarse | rough sounding |
brackish | salty |
subdue | conquer |
linger | delay |
conventional | traditional, customary |
formidable | frightening |
hearth | fire place - central part of a colonial house |
ethereal | airy, very light |
sulk | to be depressed, mope |
prissy | fussy, very proper |
gauge | measure |
venerable | respectable |
remote | far away |