Anthem Vocabulary

atone

Become reconciled,pay for

avert

to prevent or turn away

boon

benefit or favor

brigades

large bodies of people or troops

deigned

think it inappropriate to one's dignity, beneath me

fathom

to comprehend or understand

Furrows

Trench in the earth

infamy

evil reputation brought about by something criminal

lassitude

A feeling of being tired and weak,lazy attitude

Mandates

Formal order from a superior court or official

solitude

the state of being alone

tarried

to delay or be tardy in acting or doing

taut

tightly stretched; strained

toil

long hard work

transgression

Action that violates a law