Wiki-cabulary
Vocabulary from Olaudah Equiano
- Pestilential (adj.) – Pernicious or harmful.
- Avarice (noun) – Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
- Inhabitants (noun) – A person or animal that lives in or occupies a place.
- Apprehension (noun) – Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
- Clamour (noun) – A loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently.
- Trudge (verb) - To walk, esp. laboriously or wearily: to trudge up a long flight of steps.
- Fatigue (noun) - Weariness from bodily or mental exertion; a cause of weariness; slow ordeal; exertion: the fatigue of driving for many hours.
- Floundering (verb) - To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
- Ecstasy (noun) - an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling.
- Writhing (verb) - to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
- Cud (noun) - the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- Vile (adj.) - repulsive or disgusting, as to the senses or feeling: a vile order.
- Zest (noun) - hearty enjoyment.
- Ardent (adj) - Having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love. Intense devotion.
- Peril (noun) - exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost.
- Gape (verb) - to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
- Ammunition (noun) - the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
- Repellent (noun) - something that repels, as a substance that keeps away insects.
- Platoon (noun) - a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- My Khe (noun) - a place in Vietnam.