April Morning
Terms
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- redcoat
- British soldiers
- naivete
- The state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated
- crony
- A longtime close friend or companion
- taper
- A small or very slender candle
- dejected
- Being in low spirits; depressed
- belfry
- A bell tower, especially one attached to a building
- mast
- A vertical pole
- manifesto
- A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially of a political nature
- wretched
- Of a poor or mean character; dismal
- blasphemous
- A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity
- indignation
- anger to injustice
- fowl
- bird hunted for food
- Papist
- Used as a disparaging term for a Roman Catholic
- grenadier
- A member of the British Grenadier Guards, the first regiment of the royal household infantry
- siege
- The surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it
- moot
- To bring up as a subject for discussion or debate
- forbearance
- self-control
- invoke
- to petiton for help
- phantom
- An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion
- anathema
- A person or thing that is hated
- egalitarian
- Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people
- militia
- An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers
- rueful
- Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret
- disputation
- an argument
- heathen
- One who is regarded as irreligious, uncivilized, or unenlightened
- soothsayer
- One who claims to be able to foretell events or predict the future
- deacon
- A cleric ranking just below a priest in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches
- atheist
- One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods
- languid
- Lacking energy or vitality; weak
- dissipate
- To drive away; disperse
- implore
- To beg for urgently; entreat
- chaotic
- A condition or place of great disorder or confusion
- stealthily
- Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice
- pewter
- Any of numerous silver-gray alloys of tin
- dissenter
- To withhold assent or approval
- mooring
- Equipment, such as anchors or chains, for holding fast a vessel or an aircraft
- barrack
- A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
- implacable
- Impossible to placate or appease
- augment
- to make greater in size
- provincial
- A territory governed as an administrative or political unit of a country or empire
- parley
- To have a discussion, especially with an enemy
- aloft
- On or above
- ravenous
- Extremely hungry; voracious
- salient
- Strikingly conspicuous; prominent
- victuals
- To provide with food
- impertinent
- Not pertinent; irrelevant
- pervade
- To be present throughout; permeate
- bayonet
- A blade adapted to fit the muzzle end of a rifle and used as a weapon in close combat
- muster
- to assemble
- vibrant
- Pulsing or throbbing with energy or activity
- contraband
- Goods prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported
- tyranny
- A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power
- hulk
- A heavy, unwieldy ship