VOCABULARY

Desperate Crossing:The Untold Story of the Mayflower

blasphemous

impiously irreverent : profane

habeas corpus

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

inscrutable

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

magistrate

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

manifest

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

non-conformity

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

persecution

: the condition of being persecuted, harassed, or annoyed

repression

The act of being restrained or held down politically or socially

seditious

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

theology

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

tolerant

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