- abhors: scorns; hates
- abominable: disgusting; loathsome.
- affliction: pain; hardship.
- allay: lessen; relieve.
- alleviate: to relieve; reduce.
- appease: to calm; satisfy
- ascribed: attributed to a certain cause.
- assailant: attacker
- bewitching: enticing; irresistible.
- commodious: spacious
- comprised: included.
- confederates: allies; persons who share a common purpose.
- constitution: physical condition
- consultation: meeting to discuss or plan
- contrivance: scheme; plan
- copious: great amounts of.
- countenances: faces
- decrepit: run down; worn out by age or use.
- dejection: discouragement
- discourse: conversation.
- disdained: refused; disapproved; scorned.
- distraction: mental disturbance or distress
- eminent: well known for excellence; important; outstanding.
- entreated: asked sincerely; prayed to.
- execrations: angry words; curses
- haughty: proud; disdainful of something or something
- improvident: careless; not providing for the future
- inconceivable: unimaginable; beyond understanding
- induce: to persuade; force; cause.
- interspersed: placed at intervals
- lamentable: regrettable; distressing.
- melancholy: sad; sorrowful.
- moderate: gentle
- omnipotent: all-powerful
- plunder: "goods seized, especially during wartime."
- populous: crowded with people.
- procure: to gain; obtain; acquire.
- profane: irreverent
- propagated: transmitted or spread.
- provoked: enraged; angered
- prudent: well thought out; cautious
- relent: soften.
- reprobates: people without any sense of duty or decency.
- reproved: reprimanded.
- savory: appetizing; agreeable.
- squeamish: easily offended
- sundry: some.
- tedious: tiring; dreary.
- venerable: "respected, especially for age or distinguished character."
- wearisome: fatiguing; exhausting.
Unit 1 Vocab List