Poison in the Colony Vocab

controversy

• worthy of hatred or contempt (extreme dislike)
• anxiously worried and distracted
• something that causes widespread disagreement
• in a way that is (changes adjective to an adverb)

wince

• without knowledge or education
• flinch
• anxiously worried and distracted
• A frame for attaching animals (such as oxen) to each other and to a plow or other equipment to be pulled, or a bar across a person's shoulders to help carry buckets of water, etc. (noun)

herbs

• turns a verb into a noun
• can be used for healing and cooking, but also in perfumes, etc
• shameless, bold, defiant
• in a way that is (changes adjective to an adverb)

remedy

• again
• to look forward to
• not giving up
• cure

adamant

• tired in body or mind; fatigued
• Jack is the murdered! Arrest him!
• I'm sure I'm right, set in my belief
• to see

sullen

• I'm sure I'm right, set in my belief
• morbid
• most important
• shameless, bold, defiant

contemplate

• in a way that is (changes adjective to an adverb)
• most important
• A frame for attaching animals (such as oxen) to each other and to a plow or other equipment to be pulled, or a bar across a person's shoulders to help carry buckets of water, etc. (noun)
• ponder, consider

burgess

• anxiously worried and distracted
• most important
• below, under
• A citizen who lives in an English borough

persistence

• in a forceful way
• I'm sure I'm right, set in my belief
• not giving up
• a noise confusion

accusation

• to see
• cure
• to twist together
• Jack is the murdered! Arrest him!