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Frederick Douglass 10.5-11

AB
insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government; rebellion
impudencethe quality of being contemptuously bold and cocky, disregarding others
presumptuousoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety and courtesy); taking liberties
digressto turn aside esp. from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing or speaking; swerve
imprudentnot prudent: lacking discretion and judiciousness
ardentcharacterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity; impassioned
imbueto permeate or influence as if by dyeing; infuse
calamitya state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss; disaster
perditioneternal damnation; hell
redress(1) relief from distress; (2) means or possibility of seeking a remedy (3) compensation for loss or wrong
annihilateto vanquish completely; rout; to destroy the substance or force of
gallingmarkedly irritating; vexing
suppress(1) to keep from public knowledge; to keep secret; to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of (2) to put down by authority or force; subdue
exculpateto clear from alleged fault or guilt
fetters(1) chains or shackles for the feet (2) something that confines
avow(1) to declare assuredly; (2) to declare openly bluntly and without shame
commensurateequal in measure or extent
erroneouscontaining or characterized by error; mistaken
conjecturea conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork
palpably(1)capable of being touched or felt; tangible (2) easily perceptible by the mind: manifest
evince(1) to constitute outward evidence of (2) to display clearly, reveal
dilapidateddecayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin esp. through neglect or misuse
scathingbitterly severe; caustic
denunciationa public condemnation, pronouncing blameworthy or evil


Burroughs High School
Ridgecrest, CA

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