April Morning vocab (chpt. 1-2)

Question 0

ominous

Answer 0

giving the impression that something bad is going to happen

Question 1

Manifesto

Answer 1

public declaration of policy and aims

Question 2

Blasphemous

Answer 2

sacrilegious against God or sacred things

Question 3

Fillip

Answer 3

Something that acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity

Question 4

Fortnight

Answer 4

a period of 2 weeks

Question 5

Cronies

Answer 5

a close friend or companion

Question 6

Inviolate

Answer 6

free/safe from injury or violation

Question 7

cozen

Answer 7

trick or decieve

Question 8

Dissenters

Answer 8

member of a non established church

Question 9

inherent

Answer 9

existing in something as a permanent

Question 10

Disputation

Answer 10

debate or argument

Question 11

cantankerous

Answer 11

bad tempered, argumentative, uncooperative

Question 12

deemed

Answer 12

regard or consider in a specific way

Question 13

pretense

Answer 13

an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true

Question 14

yeoman

Answer 14

man holding and cultivating a small landed estate

Question 15

suet

Answer 15

hard white fat on the kidney and loins of animals

Question 16

deffered

Answer 16

put off to a later time; postpone

Question 17

presumptuous

Answer 17

failing to observe the limits of what is permitted and appropriate

Question 18

kindred

Answer 18

ones family relations or relationship by blood

Question 19

skulk

Answer 19

keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive

Question 20

conciliative

Answer 20

to stop someone from being angry or discontented

Question 21

apocryphal

Answer 21

of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as true

Question 22

dastardly

Answer 22

wicked and cruel

Question 23

adamant

Answer 23

refusing to be persuaded

Question 24

dyspepsia

Answer 24

indigestion

Question 25

egalitarian

Answer 25

believing in the principle that all people have equal rights

Question 26

orthodox

Answer 26

conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true

Question 27

fray

Answer 27

unravel or become worn at the edge

Question 28

denunciation

Answer 28

public condemnation of someone or something

Question 29

trifle

Answer 29

a thing of little value or importance

Question 30

misbegotten

Answer 30

badly conceived, designed or planned

Question 31

twined

Answer 31

a person or thing that is exactly like another