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Houseboy Vocab. p9-19. benefactor. a person who supports or helps a person, institution, etc, especially by giving money; patron . sacristy. an apartment or building connected with a church, in which the sacred vessels or vestments are kept. . Ndjem.
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Houseboy Vocab p9-19
benefactor • a person who supports or helps a person, institution, etc, especially by giving money; patron
sacristy • an apartment or building connected with a church, in which the sacred vessels or vestments are kept.
Ndjem • an ethnic group inhabiting the rain forest zone of southern Cameroon and northern Republic of the Congo. The majority of Njyem are subsistence farmers.
assegai • the slender javelin or spear of the Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa.
glutton • a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.
scabies • a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, which burrows under the skin.
mortars • a bowl of hard-shaped material in which substances are pounded or ground.
grudge • a feeling of ill will or resentment
crestfallen • dejected; dispirited; discouraged.
paten • a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
polygamous • the practice of having more than one wife or husband at the same time
catechists • a person appointed to instruct others in the principles of religion as a preparation for baptism
pulpy • having a soft or soggy consistency; fleshy
cassock • an ankle-length garment, usually black, worn by priests and choristers
hulking • a bulky or ungainly person, object, or mass; clumsy
feinted • a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack
constable • an officer of the peace, having police and minor judicial functions, usually in a small town, rural district, etc.
orderlies • hospital attendants having general, non-medical duties
redoubled • to go back over; to make twice as great
veranda • large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed