Frederick Douglass CH. 1-5 Vocabulary Quotes

Ch. 1: "Why master was so careful of her, may be safely left to _____ . She was a woman of noble form, and of graceful proportions, having very few equals, and fewer superiors, in personal appearance . . ."

• conjecture

• scourging

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Ch. 1: "Mr. Plummer was a miserable drunkard, a profane swearer, and a savage monster. He always went armed with a cowskin and a heavy _____ . I have known him to cut and slash the women's heads so horribly . . ."

• cudgel

• vestige

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ch. 1: "The master is frequently compelled to sell this class of his slaves, out of _____ to the feelings of his white wife . . ."

• abhorrence

• deference

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Ch. 1: "I was not allowed to make any inquiries of my master concerning [my age]. He deemed all such inquiries on the part of a slave improper and _____ , and evidence of a restless spirit.

• impertinent

• eminent

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Ch. 2: "The singing of a man case away upon a _____ island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment and happiness, as the singing slave; the songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion."

• obdurate

• desolate

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ch. 2: "The competitors for this office sought as _____ to please their overseers, as the office-seekers in the political parties seek to please and deceive the people."

• palpably

• diligently

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Ch. 2: "The hearing of those wild notes always depressed my spirit, and filled me with _____ sadness. I have frequently found myself in tears while hearing them."

• ineffable

• scathing

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ch. 2: "Added to his cruelty, he was a _____ swearer. It was enough to chill the blood and stiffen the hair of an ordinary man to hear him talk."

• pernicious

• profane

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ch. 3: "The colonel, after _____ where the slave belonged, rode on; the man also went on about his business, not dreaming that he had been conversing with his master."

• ascertaining

• blighting

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Ch. 3: "Moreover, slaves are like other people, and ____ prejudices quite common to others . . . Many, under the influence of this prejudice, think their own masters are better than the masters of other slaves . . ."

• imbibe

• exculpate

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4