click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Johnny Tremain 1-30
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |