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Study Stack Vocabula
Week 2 Voc
| Question | Answer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2) Chitlins (African American Soul Food, n.) | Part of Speech: noun | Definition: organ meat | |
| 3) Collard greens (African American Soul Food, n.) | Part of Speech: noun | Definition: vegetable | Proper sentence: I remembered that my grandma had a collard in her backyard. |
| 4) Cower (v.) | Part of Speech: verb | Definition: hide, hover in fear | Proper sentence: My cat, would cower in the corner every time she knew she did something wrong. |
| 5) Oppress (v.) | Part of Speech: adjective | Definition: keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, esp. by the unjust exercise of authority. | Proper sentence: Do not oppress the younger students in the school. |
| 6) Heritage (n.) | Part of Speech: noun | Definition: property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance. | Proper sentence: The identity of the nation depends on its cultural heritage. |
| 7) Doctrine (n.) | Part of Speech: noun | Definition: a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group. | Proper sentence: It's an unwritten rule: each president gets one foreign policy doctrine. |
| 8) Lye (n.) | Part of Speech: noun | Definition: The liquid obtained by leaching wood ashes. | Proper sentence: Ashes from the fire were used to make lye, the period equivalent of persil, a homemade washing liquid to do the laundry. |
| 9) Furtive (adj.) | Part of Speech: adjective | Definition: attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive. | Proper sentence: Furtive glances, waiting for the signal to approach. |
| 10. Sidle (v.) | Part of Speech: verb | Definition: walk | Proper sentence: he sidled up to the girl he wanted to ask to prom and tapped her on the shoulder. |
| 11. Mossy (adj.) | Part of Speech: adjective | Definition: covered in or resembling moss. | Proper sentence: Mossy green tree trunks and russet fallen leaves of the oaks, my heart is quiet. |
| 12. Inference (n.) | Part of Speech: noun | Definition: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. | Proper sentence: No skill in drawing inferences will avail him there. |
| 13. Clabber (n.) | Part of Speech: noun | Definition: milk that has naturally clotted on souring. | Proper Sentence: Yes for a recipe to make clabber you had to leave milk outside for about 2 days |
| 14. Churn (v.) | Part of Speech: verb | Definition: agitate or turn (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter. | Proper sentence: Firstly there are butter churns which are fixed m/c's making butter by hand rotation or machine. |
| 15. Organdy (n.) | Part of Speech: noun | Definition: a fine translucent cotton or silk fabric that is usually stiffened and used for women's clothing. | Proper sentence: Her bouffant shoulder-length veil was trimmed in organdy flowers and pearls |
| 1) Earnest (adj.) | Part of Speech: adjective | Definition: resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction. | Proper sentence: He was running in dead earnest now, faster than he had ever run in his life. |
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