Johnny Tremain Vocab Cards
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- Discomfiture
- Defeat of plans or hopes; frustration
- Fagot
- Bundle of sticks or twigs tied together for fuel.
- Imperturbable
- Not easily excited or disturbed; calm.
- Obdurate
- Stubborn or unyielding; hardened in feelings or heart.
- Pullet
- A young hen.
- Persevere
- Continue steadily in doing something hard; stick to a purpose.
- Paroxysm
- A sudden outburst of emotion or activity.
- Sedition
- Incitement to discontent or rebellion, usually against a government.
- Commandeer
- Seize private property for military or public use.
- Genealogy
- Descent of a person or family from an ancestor; pedigree; lineage
- Pique
- A feeling of anger at being slighted; wounded pride