0408 Flashcards
(10 cards)
fester
Bitterness festered.
1 if an unpleasant feeling or problem festers, it gets worse because it has not been dealt with
The dispute can be traced back to resentments which have festered for centuries.
2 if a wound festers, it becomes infected
festering sores
3 if rubbish or dirty objects fester, they decay and smell bad
stern
The white man was quite stern wityh the native.
1 serious and strict, and showing strong disapproval of someone’s behaviour
pew
But the more we went to church and the longer I sat in those pews the more I learned about how Christianity works.
primitive
If you’re African and you pray to your ancestors, you are a primitive.
1 WAY OF LIFE belonging to a simple way of life that existed in the past and does not have modern industries and machines OPP advanced, modern
jubilant
The first church offered jubulant praise of the Lord.
extremely happy and pleased because of a success
catharsis
The third church offered passion and catharsis; it was a place where you truly felt the presence of the Holy Spirit inside you.
formal the act or process of removing strong or violent emotions by expressing them through writing, talking, acting etc
jumbotron
Everyone sand along, and if you didn’t know the woprds that was okay because they were all right up there on the Jumbotron for you.
usher
The ushers would tackle them, like bouncers at a club, and hold them down for the pastor.
1 someone who shows people to their seats at a theatre, cinema, wedding etc
bouncer
1 someone whose job is to stand at the door of a club, bar etc and stop unwanted people coming in, or make people leave if they are behaving badly
congregant
Some pastors were more violent than others, but what they all had in common was that they woundn’t stop until the demon was gone and the congregant had gone limp and collapsed on the stage.
a member of a congregation, especially that of a church or synagogue.
