Unit 2: The Road to Freedom

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  1. debt
    money or goods or services owed by one person to another
  2. auction
    the public sale of something to the highest bidder
  3. master
    a person who has authority over others
  4. stumble
    miss a step and fall or nearly fall
  5. plantation
    an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale
  6. patrol
    maintain security by walking around or through an area
  7. curl
    shape one's body into a curl
  8. screech
    sharp piercing cry
  9. grumble
    utter or emit low, dull sounds
  10. shiver
    shake, as from cold
  11. scent
    an odor by which a person or animal can be traced
  12. quilt
    bedding made of layers stuffed and stitched together
  13. conductor
    someone in charge of a train, bus, etc.
  14. slave
    a person who is forcibly held in servitude
  15. shuffle
    walk by dragging one's feet
  16. tumble
    roll over and over
  17. whinny
    make a characteristic sound, of a horse
  18. stutter
    speak haltingly
  19. drift
    move in an unhurried fashion
  20. lantern
    a light in a transparent protective case
  21. scatter
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  22. hunch
    round one's back by bending forward
  23. capture
    succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
  24. blister
    an elevation of the skin filled with fluid
  25. carriage
    a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
  26. surrounded
    confined on all sides
  27. pillar
    a vertical cylindrical structure supporting a structure
  28. territory
    the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a state
  29. historical
    belonging to the past
  30. abolish
    do away with
  31. tremendous
    extraordinarily large in extent or amount or power
Created on Fri Mar 12 09:03:39 EST 2021 (updated Wed Mar 17 10:58:26 EDT 2021)

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