Vocabulary for Douglass’s Narrative Chapters I–III

Vocabulary for Douglass’s Narrative Chapters I–III

want

Deficiency, lack.

invariably

Always; on every occasion.

conjecture

To guess; to infer or surmise.

commence

To begin to do something.

office

A position of responsibility.

reverberate

To resound; to become filled with sound.

ineffable

Unspeakable; so extreme that it cannot be expressed in words.

brook

To put up with or tolerate.

sunder

To separate or split apart, especially in a violent way.

ascertain

To learn or find out something.

imbibe

To drink or absorb; to receive into the mind.

execrate

To denounce or criticize strongly.