Basic+&+Background+Information

=Vocabulary Words=

A
Amiss: Out of order or wrong.

Aglitter- Spakling.

Antigua- Is an island in the West Indies and is the main island of the country Antigua and Barbuda. It was named by Christopher Columbus after a church in Spain. In english, it means ancient. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the East West Indies.

Arrogant- feeling or showing proud self-importance and contempt or disregard for others.

B
breadfruit- rich in starch, and before being eaten they are roasted, baked, fried, or boiled, when cooked the taste is described as potato-like, or similar to fresh baked bread. Most people on the island are unable to afford real bread, so they use the breadfruit as a substitute.

Blaspemous: To be not respectful.

bellowing- roar of large animal.

C
Cricket- A game, popular especially in England, involving a bat and a ball. It is similar to baseball.

coax- to persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery Calypso: a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, improvised lyrics. It's origin is Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

Coronet- A crownlike ornament for the head

D
Dominica- A former British colony and one of the Windward Islands in the East Weste Indies. It means Sunday which was the day it was discovered by Christopher Columbus. deserts - rewards or punishments

dingy - dirty, shabby

dunce-A person regarded as stupid.

Dejected- low- spirited, disheartened, depressed, etc.

Deface- To spoil the appearance of something, intentionally.

Defaming- To attack somebody's or someone's reputation, character, or good name by making slanderous or libelous statements.
 * E**

F
Fettered- to restrict the freedom of something or someone. Flourish- To be successful.

Missionary: A person sent by a church into an area to carry out educational or hosiptal work
Ma Chess: Caribbean calling for grandmother usually for country people

Oaf: a clumsy, stupid person
Odious- Deserving or causing hatred.

Outlandish: Freakishly starnge or oodd. To be bizarre.

P
Pa Chess: Caribbean calling for grandfather usually for country people

pew- A benchlike seat in a church. pleat- 3 layers of fabric with 2 folds or reversals of direction prefect- A high administrative official, or a student monitor or officer.
pasture- a specific area or piece of such ground.

Rounders: A game originated in England, comparable to modern baseball and softball.
regaling - entertaining

sexton- an employee or officer of a church who is responsible for the care and upkeep of church property starched - stiffened
Slunk: to move in a cowardice or shameful manner Scholarship- a position of a student.

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Trade Winds- any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere. [taken from Dictionary.com]====== Tonic: anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally

Z
=CULTURAL CAPITAL=

-historically connected to the Church of England - a midway between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism - "An important aspect of the Anglican religious life is that the most communites of both men an women live consecrated to God under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience." (Annie obviously objected to the religion in general, especially in regards to obedience)
 * Anglicanism:**

- an epic pome in blank verse published in 1607 - is about the Judeo-Christian story of "The Fall of Man", in terms of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden because of Satan's temptation -meant to justify the "ways" of God
 * Paradise Lost by John Milton:**

- Queen on the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland and Empress of India until her death. - Longest ruling monorach ever.
 * Queen Victoria:**


 * //A History of the West Indies//:** School textbook used in the Caribbean islands to teach students about how the Caribbean was formed. Only used in the Caribbean.