Farewell to Manzanar Vocabulary Ch. 1-11

pacify

• blurred; dimmed

• to calm down

• thin and bony

• to speak pompously and lengthily

credo

• a person to whom money is given on credit

• a flat topped piece of furniture for storage

• a sudden outburst; a spasm, seizure; a fit

• statement of belief or principle; creed

saboteur

• lacking good manners, refinement, or grace

• lower in rank or position

• a person who engages in sabotage

• crouched and trembled in fear

marooned

• to treat cruelly or harshly because of political, religious, or other difference.

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• a person who engages in sabotage

• leave (someone) trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, especially an island

goad

• to dig or search

• to thrive, to grow well

• to drive or urge on

• to handle skillfully

cowered

• waste material from the body

• in spite of, notwithstanding

• to wind in a spiral shape

• crouched and trembled in fear

excrement

• waste material from the body

• a passionate expression of grief or sorrow

• feeling or showing deep and solemn respect

• thin and bony

orating

• to relieve, make more bearable

• to speak pompously and lengthily

• to handle skillfully

• to thrive, to grow well

persecute

• to relieve, make more bearable

• to treat cruelly or harshly because of political, religious, or other differences

• tending to meekness, to submit to the will of others

• the feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving of scorn

wield

• to handle skillfully

• to confuse; to bewilder

• to arouse or incite

• to give up voluntarily