Glossary of Terms
- acolyte
- one who assists in a worship service
- affidavit
- a written declaration made under oath
- aggrieved
- treated wrongly
- anonymity
- condition of being nameless or unnamed
- audacious
- fearlessly daring or arrogant
- blasphemous
- disrespectful and showing a lack of religious devotion
- caricature
- a pictorial representation in which the subject's distinctive features are exaggerated for comic effect
- chrysalis
- a stage in an insect's life during which it changes from a grub to an adult
- clamor
- loud and continuous noise
- contretemps
- embarrassing occurrence
- contrite
- feel sorry for behavior or deeds
- conveyances
- vehicles
- daguerreotype
- early photographic process forming an image from a silver-coated metal plate
- dander
- dead skin from the coat or feathers of various animals, often of an allergenic nature
- debacle
- disastrous collapse or downfall
- debility
- weakness
- diminutive
- tiny
- dray
- low heavy cart without sides
- erudition
- extensive learning; scholarship
- flagrant
- offensive, notorious or scandalous
- freeman
- a person not in slavery or serfdom
- hovels
- small, miserable dwelling
- indefatigable
- never tiring
- larceny
- the stealing of another's personal property
- lintels
- horizontal beams that support the structure above a window or door
- millinery
- women's hats and trimming
- nicaragua
- a Central American country once owned by Spain located north of Costa Rica
- obelisk
- a tall four-sided shaft of stone
- pavilion
- an open structure with a roof
- pelts
- the skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it
- pickaninnies
- derogatory term for African American children
- pilgrimage
- a long journey
- pique
- resentment
- privy
- an outdoor toilet
- radicals
- persons who support extreme changes
- rancor
- resentment and ill will
- resonant
- strong and deep in tone; resounding
- reverberate
- re-echo
- rudimentary
- earliest basic stages
- seizure
- a sudden fit or convulsion
- servile
- extremely submissive
- shanties
- roughly built cabins or shacks
- subversive
- intending to overthrow
- sumptuous
- of a great size and expense
- sycophantic
- seeking to win favor by flattering influential people
- temperance
- people those who endorse abstaining from drinking alcoholic beverages
- ticking
- strong, tightly woven cloth of cotton or linen used to make pillows and mattress coverings
- transients
- persons making a brief stay
- ubiquitous
- seeming to be everywhere at the same time
- vexation
- a source of irritation or annoyance
- vigilance
- alert, watchfulness
- wineskin
- the whole skin of an animal sewn up and used to hold wine
- writ of habeas corpus
- written order to bring a person to court to determine if the person has been lawfully imprisoned
- zoetrope
- early form of a mechanical motion picture device
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