Literature Vocab

• Alleviate


  To reduce the pain or trouble of (something)
• Travesty


  A cheap mockery, usually of something or someone serious
• Badger


  Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester
• Tyranny


  Cruel and oppressive government or rule
• Lulled


  Calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements
• Rebuffed


  Reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner
• Muster


  Gather or bring together
• Redress


  Remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation)
• Miscegenation


  Sexual relationships or reproduction between people of different ethnic groups, especially when one of them is white
• Servile


  Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others
• Interloper


  A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong
• Compact


  Closely and firmly packed or put together; dense; solid
• Plight


  Unfortunate or difficult situation
• Rogue


  A dishonest or unprincipled person
• Jest


  Speak or act in a joking manner
• Bolster


  Support or strengthen