Vocabulary from Desperate Crossing

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The PbS History Channel presentation about the Mayflower Voyage.

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Vocabulary : 

Vocabulary Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

blasphemous : 

blasphemous impiously irreverent : profane

habeas corpus : 

habeas corpus The legal requirement that imprisoned people be brought before a judge and given reasons for their imprisonment

inscrutable : 

inscrutable : not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious <an inscrutable smile>

magistrate : 

magistrate : an official entrusted with administration of the laws; a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions

manifest : 

manifest : readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sight; obvious

non-conformity : 

non-conformity : absence of agreement or correspondence; failure or refusal to conform to an established church

persecution : 

persecution : the condition of being persecuted, harassed, or annoyed

repression : 

repression The act of being restrained or held down politically or socially

seditious : 

seditious : rebellious; disposed to arouse or take part in or guilty of sedition (incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority)

theology : 

theology : the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially : the study of God and of God's relation to the world

tolerant : 

tolerant : inclined to tolerate; especially : marked by forbearance or endurance (putting up with)