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Ap Lang. Frederick
Vocabualry for Frederick Douglass
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Depravity | moral corruption; wickedness. |
| Emancipation | the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation. Being set free from slavery. |
| Denunciation | public condemnation of someone or something. |
| Vindication | proof that someone or something is right, reasonable, or justified. |
| Detestation | an intense dislike of something or someone |
| Profligate | recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources. |
| Sagacity | having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd. |
| Destitute | without the basic necessities of life. |
| Pernicious | having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. |
| Annihilate | to destroy utterly; obliterate. |
| Quailed | feel or show fear or apprehension. |
| Benevolence | the quality of being well meaning; kindness/mercy |
| Censured | express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement. |
| Impudence | not showing due respect for another person; impertinent. |
| Ardently | very enthusiastically or passionately. |
| Imbue | inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality). |
| Appalled | greatly dismayed or horrified. |
| Agitated | feeling or appearing troubled or angered |
| Perdition | a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death. |