Vocabulary 

Unit 1:  The New Land

 

Vocabulary

 

Native American literature

 

1.  ablutions (n.):  a washing or cleansing

 

2.  protruded (v.):  jutted out

 

The General History of Virginia by John Smith

 

3.  pilfer (v.):  steal

 

4.  palisades (n.):  large pointed stakes set in the ground to form a fence used for defense

 

5.  conceits (n.):  strange or fanciful ideas

 

6.  mollified (v.):  soothed; calmed

 

Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford

 

7.  loath (adj.):  reluctant; unwilling

 

8.  sundry (adj.):  various; different

 

9.  lusty (adj.):  strong; hearty

 

Puritan Poetry by Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor

 

10.  recompense (n.):  reward

 

11.  manifold (adv.):  in many ways

 

12.  chafes (v.):  rubs to make warm

 

13.  precepts (n.):  rules of conduct

 

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards

 

14.  omnipotent (adj.):  all-powerful

 

15.  ineffable (adj.):  inexpressible

 

16.  dolorous (adj.):  sad; mournful

The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather

 

17.  calamities (n.):  disasters

 

18.  diabolical (adj.):  of the devil

 

19.  rampant (adj.):  violent and uncontrollable