VOCABULARYMary Rowlandson’s Narrative

wearisome

(adj.) fatiguing; exhausting

tedious

(adj.) tiring; dreary

lamentable

(adj.) regrettable; distressing

entreated

(v.) asked sincerely; prayed to

plunder

(n.) goods seized, especially during wartime

melancholy

(adj.) sad; sorrowful

decrepit

(adj.) run down; worn out by age or use

savory

(adj.) appetizing; agreeable

affliction

(n.) pain; hardship

bewitching

(adj.) enticing; irresistible