Frederick Douglass vocabulary chapters 1 & 2

Flesh-monger

Upon defying the overseer, the man was taken to a flesh-monger and sold to a different plantation.

• (obsolete) a person who deals in selling and buying enslaved persons

• to echo; rumble

• to think or develop an idea

• showing great excitement or happiness

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Exultingly

The children cheered exultingly at the prospect of having the house to themselves.

• to think of or develop an idea

• to do or undertake something despite the risk or danger involved

• showing great excitement or happiness

• rude; lacking respect

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Impertinent

The impertinent child stomped her feet and demanded more ice cream.

• to; rumble

• rude; lacking respect

• specialize technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

• to think of or develop an idea

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Venture

The children ventured out onto the ice and almost fell through.

• showing great excitement or happiness

• to think of or develop an idea

• to echo; rumble

• to do or undertake something despite the risk or danger

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Reverberate

The booms from the fireworks reverberated across the city.

• (obsolete) a person who deals in selling and buying enslaved persons

• to think of or develop an idea

• to echo; rumble

• showing excitement or happiness

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Jargon

I tried to read my brother's college physics textbook, but it was full of so much jargon I couldn't get through one paragraph.

• to ech; rumble

• specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

• to think of or develop an idea

• to do or undertake something despite the rick or danger involved

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Conceive

Before I joined the soccer team, I could not conceive of a reason to get up early on Saturday mornings.

• to think of or develop an idea

• rude; lacking respect

• showing great excitement or happiness

• to echo; rumble

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4