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The Color Purple
Gender & Literature
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pomade | hair ointment |
| ruddy | having a healthy, red color |
| fractious | inclined to make trouble; unruly |
| trifling | worthless |
| glutton | one who eats excessively |
| clabber | sour, curdled milk; buttermilk |
| amazon | a woman who is big and strong like a warrior |
| Uncle Tomming | acting subservient to others and betraying your own people |
| enterprise | a business |
| somber | dark, serious, and gloomy |
| luminous | brightly lit |
| surplus | an extra amount fo something |
| brazen | shamelessly bold |
| drudge | someone who does hard, unpleasant work |
| lavish | to give in abundance |
| innate | inherent in the essential character of something |
| ululation | a loud wailing noise |
| scarification | the practice of making cuts on a person's skin |
| paramount | of supreme concern and importance |
| repugnance | disgust |