unit 1 vocabulary test- American literature
unconscience
having temporarily lost awareness; in a faint
depths
the deepest areas
ancestors
people from whom other people descend
protruded
stuck out
exquisite
very beautiful, delicate, carefully wrought
afflicition
something causing pain or suffering
indications
signs; things that point out or signify
Abundance
a great supply; more than enough
pilfer
to steal
palisades
large, pointed stakes set in the ground to form a fence for defense
conceits
strange or fanciful ideas
mollified
soothed; calmed
peril
danger
loath
reluctant, unwilling
sundry
various, different
recompense
reward, payment
habitation
place to live; groups of homes or dwellings
subject to
likely to be affected by something
adversity
hardship; difficulty
calamity
disaster, catastrophe
relent
become less harsh, more merciful