Early American Short Stories Vocab

Define cauterize.

• to burn a wound to stop bleeding or prevent infection

• to remove from a high position of power

• to take on characteristics of another in a respected position

• to overwhelm with information

Define depose.

• to remove from your life

• to make or become rotten; to decay

• to remove from a high position of power or authority

• to compromise with an opposing viewpoint

Define diligence.

• to make someone like you by flattering them or trying to please them

• the absorption of attention or interest

• a situation in which a difficult decision must be made between sometimes equally undesirable alternatives

• careful and persistent work or effort

Define embody.

• to be an expression of, give a tangible (visible) form to an idea, quality, or feeling.

• absorb all the attention or interest of something

• appease the anger or anxiety of someone/something

• to delay or be late

Define engross.

• to display or show a quality or feeling by one's actions or appearance

• to make clear or obvious

• to absorb all the attention or interest of something/someone

• to overwhelm to senses or the mind

Define entreaty.

• an agreement reached between two or more nations or governments

• an earnest or humble request

• to work hard

• to calm or appease

Define industry.

• hard work

• the meantime

• to overwhelm

• an economic activity

Define ingratiate.

• not thankful or grateful

• to make someone grateful

• to bring into favor with someone through flattery

• harsh or unpleasant to the senses

Define interim.

• the intervening time; temporary

• overwhelmed leader

• occurring at regular intervals

• situated on the inside

Define inundate.

• to request in an earnest manner

• unusually or disproportionately large

• to become accustomed to something, usually something unpleasant

• to overwhelm with things to be dealt with