1. Vocabulary Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative

2. wearisome (adj.) fatiguing; exhausting

3. tedious (adj.) tiring; dreary

4. lamentable (adj.) regrettable; distressing

5. entreated (v.) asked sincerely; prayed to

6. plunder (n.) goods seized, especially during wartime

7. melancholy (adj.) sad; sorrowful

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

9. savory (adj.) appetizing; agreeable

10. affliction (n.) pain; hardship

11. bewitching (adj.) enticing; irresistible