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Johnny Tremain Vocabulary List

Chapter I Up and About

1. apoplectic         loss of muscular control and sensation
2. apprentices     unpaid workers who learn a trade or craft
3. arrogantly       boastfully
4. crucible           porcelain dish used for melting silver
5. ethereal         airy; fragile
6. flaccid             lacking in vigor or energy
7. parasitic         taking advantage of others without return
8. protuberant     swelling outward; bulging

Chapter II The Pride of Your Power

1. abated         reduced in amount
2. berated       rebuked; scolded
3. mundane     ordinary
4. piety             reverence
5. poultice       dressing for a wound or injury
6. reproved     found fault with
7. tediously     slowly; in a boring manner

Chapter III An Earth of Brass

1. averted             turned away
2. belligerent     eager to fight; hostile
3. imperceptibly     hardly noticed
4. indolent             habitually lazy
5. promenade         a public place for walking
6. reverted             returned to a former condition
7. wary                     on guard; watchful

Chapter IV The Rising Eye

1. apparition             a ghostly figure
2. cordially             graciously; in a friendly manner
3. enigmatical         puzzling
4. strife                     a struggle or fight
5. tyranny                 unjust use of absolute power

Chapter V The Boston Observer

1. fatuous             unconsciously foolish
2. nonchalant     unconcerned; indifferent
3. pretense         a false action intended to deceive
4. repentance     remorse; contrition
5. seditious         rebellious
6. treason             betrayal of one’s country

Chapter VI Salt Water Tea

1. arouse                     awaken or excite
2. clamor                     uproar
3. demeanor                 the way in which a person behaves
4. detested                     hated
5. disperse                     to scatter in different directions
6. grievances                 reasons for protest
7. instigated                  promoted the growth of; incited
8. lamentable               regrettable

Chapter VII The Fiddler’s Bill

1. bartering                 trading goods or services without money
2. diligently                 in a hardworking manner
3. incapacity                 inadequate strength or ability
4. inundated                 overwhelmed; swamped
5. oratory                     public speaking
6. paroxysm                 a spasm or fit
7. prodigiously             impressively great; enormously
8. wavered                     showed indecision

Chapter VIII A World to Come

1. canny                     careful and shrewd
2. civil                         relating to a citizen
3. loitering                 standing idly about; lingering aimlessly
4. lucid                         easily understood; intelligible
5. piqued                     felt wounded pride
6. placate                     to appease; to make concessions
7. turbulent                 violently agitated or disturbed

Chapter IX The Scarlet Deluge

1. ardent                     passionate; displaying strong enthusiasm
2. concoction             a food or beverage made of mixed ingredients
3. cultivate                 to nurture; to foster
4. indenture                 unpaid service to another
5. qualms                     uneasy feelings
6. solitary                     alone
7. trivial                         of little significance or value

Chapter X ‘Disperse Ye Rebels’

1. dilapidated                     broken down and shabby
2. disconsolately               cheerless; gloomy
3. martial                            relating to war
4. peril                                 imminent danger
5. punctilious                      precise; scrupulous

Chapter XI Yankee Doodle

1. diffidently                 shyly; timidly
2. heretic                     misbeliever
3. insurrection            open revolt against a government
4. laggard                     hanging back or falling behind
5. lenient                     merciful; indulgent
6. protégée                 a girl whose welfare is promoted by another
7. subdued                  brought under control; quieted
8. tentatively             uncertainly; hesitantly

Chapter XII A Man Can Stand Up

1. arsenal                       a supply of weapons
2. belfry                         a bell tower
3. compassionate         sympathetic
4. gloating                     expressing self-satisfaction
5. invincible                  unconquerable
6. surfeited                   saturated; over-filled