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Flashcards in Olaudah Equiano: from "The Life of Olaudah Equiano" - Vocab Deck (7)
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countenance

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  • noun
  • appearance, especially the expression of the face
  • every one of their countenances expressed dejection and sorrow
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consternation

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  • noun
  • a state of paralyzing dismay; fear
  • the drink I was given threw me into the greatest consternation at the strange feeling it produced
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pestilential

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  • noun
  • deadly; poisonous
  • now that we were confined together within the ship, it became absolutely pestilential
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copious

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  • adjective
  • large amounts; abundant
  • the closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, produced copious perspriations
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scruple

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  • noun
  • a feeling of uneasiness or guilt that keeps a person from doing something
  • without scruple are relations and friends separated, most of them never to see each other again
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nominal

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  • adjective
  • in name but not in reality
  • o, ye nominal christians
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which sentence uses the underlined vocabulary word incorrectly

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  • the timing of his grand entrance was pestilential
  • there were plenty of scruples left when the restaurant finally closed for the day
  • she told him if he ever did it again she would be pestilential
  • jerry and kay took a nominal bus into town so they could attend the celebration
  • there was an unusual color in the countenance of her shoes
  • David looked forward with consternation to relaxing in his new hammock

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