Rowlandson Vocabulary

Terms	Definitions
abhorrence	n. feeling of extreme repugnance toward someone or something; loathing
apt	adj. unusually fitted or qualified; ready
to arraign	v. to accuse of wrong; to charge
to bestow	v. to confer or present (an honor, right or gift)
to convey	v. to transfer or deliver; to communicate by statement, suggestion, or gesture
countenance	n. a person's face or facial expression
disposition	n. a person's inherent qualities of mind and character
degeneracy	moral perversion
doleful	adj. sorrowful
fidelity	n. the state of being faithful; accuracy in details; exactness
to gall	v. to annoy; to make sore
to glean	v. to collect gradually and bit by bit
grievous	adj. (of something bad) very severe or serious
hither	adv. to this place; here
idolatry	n. the worship of a physical object as a god
to reprove	v. to scold or correct usually with kind intent
retribution	n. punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved
subjection	n. state of being under the control or domination
sullen	adj. gloomy; dismal
unfeigned	adj. sincere, honest
to vitiate	v. to make faulty or defective

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