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Toni Morrison's "A Mercy" 20 words

January 26, 2009 By Georgia S. Vocabulary.com Contributor
Here is a list of key vocabulary words from Toni Morrison's "A Mercy," a novel featured in the VT lesson "Figurative Language in Toni Morrison's 'A Mercy.'"
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  1. indentured
    bound by contract
  2. gentry
    the most powerful members of a society
  3. magpie
    long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
  4. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
  5. commodity
    articles of commerce
  6. blasphemy
    blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
  7. daft
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  8. heathen
    a person who does not acknowledge your god
  9. sea change
    a profound transformation
  10. smitten
    (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
  11. salvation
    a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
  12. minion
    a servile or fawning dependant
  13. lethal
    of an instrument of certain death
  14. docile
    easily handled or managed
  15. feral
    wild and menacing
  16. roiled
    (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
  17. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  18. infidel
    a person who does not acknowledge your god
  19. mercy
    a disposition to be kind and forgiving
  20. dominion
    dominance or power through legal authority