| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Sloop | a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow |
| Abolitionist | a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States |
| Urchin | poor ragged child |
| Obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| Perdition | damnation, complete ruin |
| Epoch | a distinct period of time |
| Redress | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil |
| Cudgel | n. A short thick stick used as a club. |
| Depravity | wickedness |
| Pernicious | Tending to kill or hurt. |
| Blasphemy | an insult to something sacred, profanity |
| Ineffable | cannot be expressed in words |
| Ell | n a unit of length |
| Blighting | plant disease |
| Stratagems | n. a tricky plan |
| Insurrection | rebellion; uprising |
| Fodder | food for horses or cattle; raw materials |
| Dregs | sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid |
| Quailed | to shrink back in fear, cower |
| Vestige | A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone. |
| Impertinent | rude and dissrespectful |
| Palpably | Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible; perceptively |
| Libels | lies that are printed |
| Maxim | common saying advice virtue |
| Odiousness | Being full of hatred |
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