Matthew Henson - "Top of the World" Vocab

quick to learn or understand

• apt

• ardent

• deprivation

• menial

• proposition

fit for a servant

• apt

• ardent

• deprivation

• menial

• proposition

a plan offered for acceptance

• apt

• ardent

• deprivation

• menial

• proposition

full of enthusiasm or devotion

• apt

• ardent

• deprivation

• menial

• proposition

a lack of what is needed for survival or comfort

• apt

• ardent

• deprivation

• menial

• proposition

the strength to withstand hardship

• resentful

• stamina

• surveyor

• tyranny

• validate

a person who determines land boundaries by measuring angles and distances

• resentful

• stamina

• surveyor

• tyranny

• validate

to show to be correct

• resentful

• stamina

• surveyor

• tyranny

• validate

an extremely harsh or unjust government or authority figure

• resentful

• stamina

• surveyor

• tyranny

• validate

angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly

• resentful

• stamina

• surveyor

• tyranny

• validate