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Frederick Douglass Vocab 1
some vocab words
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Language - English
11th Grade
02/07/2010
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Term
Dehumanize
 Definition
to deprive of human qualities
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barbarity
 Definition
cruel or savage act
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odiousness
 Definition
strong or intense dislike
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jargon
 Definition
specialized vocab of a certain way of life or group
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felicitous
 Definition
marked by happy or good fortune
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divest
 Definition
to take away from someone
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emancipate
 Definition
free from slavery or servatude
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emaciated
 Definition
very thin from disease
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untrodden
 Definition
lacking pathways traveled
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indignation
 Definition
anger by something mean or unjust
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privation
 Definition
lack of basic necessities
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esteemed
 Definition
reguard with respect
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cultivate
 Definition
to improve or prepare land
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peck
 Definition
a dry unti of measure equal to 8 quarts
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brethren
 Definition
brothers, or a group or religous order
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scurf
 Definition
dry skin or dandruff
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eminent
 Definition
of high standing
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manacled
 Definition
bound up tight
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eloquence
 Definition
powerful speech
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consecrate
 Definition
to declar or set apart as holy
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stratagem
 Definition
a clever rue or scheme to trick others
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indelible
 Definition
impossible to remove or erase away or wash
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obdurate
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stubborn
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fiendish
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evil
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conferred
 Definition
deliberate together or to compare views
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