Jessica Lessing chapters 19-20
Terms
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- ornate
- elaborate; excessively adorned or ornamented
- constituents
- a necessary part or element; a voter represented by an elected offical
- destitute
- poverty-striken; penniless; being without
- prelude
- anything serving as an introduction such as an introductory section of a piece of music, an opening
- colloquial
- informal in language; converstaional
- exultant
- rejoicing greatly; triumphant
- bedlam
- a place or condition of chaos or turmoil
- curtailed
- to shorten; decrease
- consolidated
- unite;strengthen; to make solid or firmly established
- emancipate
- to set free; to release from slavery or oppression
- censure
- to criticize or blame
- abound
- to teem; exist in large numbers; to have plenty
- amnesty
- a general pardon, especially for political prisoners
- rift
- to break open; split
- admirably
- in a worthy manner; commendably; excellently
- inalienable
- not capable of being given or withdrawn
- bias
- a line slanting diagonally across the weave of a fabric; prejudice or personal tendency; sway
- timorous
- easily frightened; fearful; timid; cowardly
- affidavit
- a written statement made under oath
- diminutive
- referring to suffixes or altered word forms that designate smallness, affection, or familiarity; a very small person or thing