lit. exam vocab (lloyd)
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- stealthily
- the act of moving or proceeding secretively; secret action or behavior
- manifesto
- a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
- impertinent
- improperly forward or bold
- chaotic
- lacking a visible order or organization
- invoke
- request earnestly (something from somebody)
- vibrant
- vigorous and active
- militia
- civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
- pervade
- spread or diffuse through
- rueful
- causing sorrow or pity
- bayonet
- a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
- disputation
- the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)
- crony
- a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- forbearance
- a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
- hulk
- a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
- redcoat
- British soldier
- provincial
- a country person
- implacable
- incapable of being pacified
- ravenous
- extremely hungry
- pewter
- a dull gray alloy of tin with lead, copper, and other metals
- atheist
- someone who denies the existence of god
- victuals
- any substance that can be used as food
- soothsayer
- someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
- augment
- enlarge or increase
- tyranny
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- dejected
- affected or marked by low spirits
- aloft
- upwards
- indignation
- anger as a result of something unjust
- deacon
- a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches
- belfry
- tower for bells, usually attached to a church
- wretched
- very unhappy
- fowl
- any bird raised or hunted for food
- parley
- a negotiation between enemies
- muster
- call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.
- implore
- to beg earnestly for
- contraband
- goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
- dissenter
- someone who goes against the larger crowd
- blasphemous
- characterized by profane or contemptous speech, writing, or action concerning God of any other heavenly being
- barrack
- a building used to house military personnel
- taper
- a candle, especially a very slender one; a long wick coated with wax, tallow, or the like, as for use in lighting candles or gas
- phantom
- something existing in perception only
- anathema
- Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
- heathen
- a person who does not acknowledge your God
- moot
- a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- moorings
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- papist
- a Roman Catholic who is a strong advocate of the papacy
- siege
- the surrounding of a place by an army in order to capture it
- mast
- a vertical spar for supporting sails
- dissipate
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- egalitarian
- a person who believes in the equality of all people
- grenadier
- deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
- languid
- lacking spirit or liveliness
- salient
- having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
- naivete
- lack of sophistication or worldliness