Robinson Crusoe words

Jill K.
Interesting words used in the Daniel Defoe novel -that were early derivations of words we use today, or words with different meanings...
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  1. deliverance
    recovery or preservation from loss or danger
    perhaps the most commonly used noun in the book
  2. Scaramouch
    a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward
    not a word you hear everyday, used to describe some people he encountered on a caravan
  3. renegade
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
    in the book it was "run-a-gate"
  4. hand grenade
    a grenade designed to be thrown by hand
    in the book it was "hand-grenado "
  5. discover
    determine the existence, presence, or fact of
    in the book it meant "to show"
  6. ague
    chills and fever that are symptomatic of malaria
Created on Mon Jul 20 15:08:18 EDT 2009 (updated Tue Jul 21 08:58:57 EDT 2009)

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