Johnny Tremain

Flash Cards Chapter 2

11 cards·by ringo44

scroll

a long piece of paper that rolls around one or two cylinders and that usually has something written or drawn on it

beaux

boyfriend

tryanny

cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others

eloquence

the ability to speak or write well and in an effective way

piteous

deserving or causing feelings of sympathy or pity

insufferable

very bad or unpleasant : too unpleasant to deal with or accept

poultice

soft, usually heated substance that is spread on cloth and then placed on the skin to heal a sore or reduce pain

laudanum

any of various formerly used preparations of opium

yoke

a bar or frame that is attached to the heads or necks of two work animals (such as oxen) so that they can pull a plow or heavy load

hearth

the floor in front of or inside a fireplace

piety

devotion to God : the quality or state of being pious