Sentence:

Synonym: breach, crimeTrespass: an unlawful act causing injury

to a person, property or rights“Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.”

Antonym: retreat

Etymology: ‘enter unlawfully’ – first attested in Scottish Parliament Laws (1455)Chapter 30, Page 224

Sentence: the ship was blocked by a huge iceberg but had endurance to get through the ice to the island“I have the endurance to keep bothering people”

Synonym: ability, allowanceEndurance: the ability or strength to

continue or last despite stress or other conditions

“The morning was already hot beyond endurance, but the skies were cloudless and held no sign of rain.”

Antonym: none

Etymology:Chapter 31, Page 229

Sentence: All the farmers had to eat was the maize, and it didn’t even keep them full but they were so poor.“the sun’s color was as pale as maize”

Synonym: corn, yellowMaize: a pale yellow color (color of

corn) “And when the rain comes, the maize will not reach

to the height of a man.”

Antonym: none

Etymology: 1555 from Cuba, Arawakan (Haiti)Chapter 31, Page 229

Sentence: “the counsel decided to imprison the person that stole a woman’s purse.”

Synonym: advice, cautionCounsel: an instruction given to direct a

judgment“And while he was waiting he looked at the counselors who stood behind the chief, and he saw too that they were frowning and perplexed, an d that for this matter

there was no counsel that they could give at all.”

Antonym: none

Etymology: 1225 from O.Fr meaning ‘plan’Chapter 31, Page 232

Sentence: She could not wait until her birthday party that she couldn’t stop herself from his reveries.“I like to have reveries about games.”

Synonym: abstraction, fantasyReverie: a dreamy meditation; a

daydream“Kumalo shook himself out of his reverie”

Antonym: nightmare

Etymology: from resver to dream or wanderChapter 31, Page 232

Sentence: “I always reverie about my nostalgia.”

Synonym: fond memoriesNostalgia: a desire to return in thought

to a time in someone’s life“He opened Msimangu’s letter, and read about all the

happenings of Johannesburg and was astonished to find within himself a faint nostalgia for that great

bewildering city.”

Antonym: none

Etymology: 1770 – severe homesickness (considered as a disease)Chapter 32, Page 241

Sentence: She was feeling a pang when she was told to keep on running laps.

Synonym: discomfort, stab

Pang: a feeling of mental or emotional distress

“Kumalo felt a pang of jealousy, for he had never earned ten pounds a month in all his sixty years.”

Antonym: tingle

Etymology: 1770 – severe homesickness (considered as a disease)Chapter 33, Page 251

Sentence:

Synonym: affliction, sorrow

Bereavement: to take something away by violence

“But there came a picture to him of the house of bereavement, of all the cars of the white people that

would be there…”

Antonym: none

Etymology: Chapter 34, Page 257

Sentence: The intimation of the opening of the shop was announced yesterday

Synonym: announce, noticeIntimation: to make something known;

announce“It happened in that fashion that men call illusion, or

the imaginings of people overwrought, or an intimation of the divine.”

Antonym: none

Etymology: 1538 – ‘action of making known from M.Fr.Chapter 34, Page 257

Sentence:

Synonym: full, generousAbundant: something well and richly

supplied“Gut id he was awake, then oh Christ of the abundant

mercy, be with him”

Antonym: rare, lacking

Etymology: Chapter 36, Page 275