Harriet Tubman Vocab 2

  1. Incentive- something that encourages somebody to action. Motivation.
  2. Contraband- illegal imports and exports; illegal trade.
  3. Inauspicious- promising failure or bad luck; discouraging.
  4. Adornment- embellishment, decoration. To enhance.
  5. Inscription– writing, dedication.
  6. Peddling- to sell goods; sometimes illegal things.
  7. Destitute– penniless; lacking necessities of life.
  8. Overseer– a person who directed the work of slaves on a plantation.
  9. Emancipation– to free from slavery.
  10. Meager– lacking in quantity or quality. Lean or thin.
  11. Perilous– full of danger or risk. Exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin.
Exercises:
1- Guessinitions + word and definition
2- Sentences
3- Pics
4- Sentences –using word as it’s used in the novel



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