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Black Boy vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acute | sharp or severe; intense |
| antagonism | hostility that results in active resistance or oppression |
| anxiety | a state of uneasiness and apprehension |
| ardently | characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion |
| aspirations | ambitions |
| aura | atmosphere |
| availed | made use of |
| baffled | puzzled; confused |
| bantering | speaking in a playful or teasing way |
| blasphemy | to speak of God in an irreverent manner |
| boon | a benefit |
| capitulate | surrender; give up |
| conspiculously | obviously |
| contemplate | to think about |
| contemptuous | scornful |
| cryptic | tending to conceal or camouflage |
| debased | lowered in character, quality or value |
| delusion | a false belief or opinion |
| denunciation | public condemnation or censure |
| devastated | destroyed |
| devoid | completely lacking or empty |
| dissemble | to disguise one's real nature, motives, or feelings |
| dour | silently ill-humored or sternly obstinate |
| dubious | doubtful |
| emulate | imitate |
| enthralled | spellbound; captivated |
| exploited | made use of selfishly or unethically |
| feigned | gave a false appearance of; pretend |
| fiat | an order or authorization |
| frenzy | a state of violent or wild excitement |
| hypothetical | suppositional |
| impetus | an impelling force |
| implacable | impossible to please or satisfy |
| imploring | making an earnest appeal |
| impudent | offensively bold |
| inconceivable | impossible to comprehend or fully grasp |
| incriminating | causing to appear guilty of a crime or fault |
| incurred | acquired |
| induced | caused |
| indulgently | leniently; patiently |
| intrigue | a secret or underhanded scheme |
| intuitively | without the use of rational reasoning; instinctively |
| invectives | abusive language |
| larcenous | characterized by theft |
| lieu | in place of |
| livid | discolored; showing extreme anger |
| loitering | standing idly about; lingering with no purpose |
| morose | gloomy |
| nonchalantly | seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent |
| nostalgia | a bittersweet longing for things of the past |
| nuance | subtle or slight degree of difference |
| obstinacy | stubbornness |
| patronizing | going to as a customer |
| peering | looking intently or searchingly |
| petty | trivial |
| pliable | easitly influenced or persuaded |
| predilection | preference |
| presume | take for granted as being true |
| provocations | something that incites or is intended to cause trouble |
| qualms | uneasy feelings about the rightness of an action |
| recondite | not easily understood |
| relentlessly | steadily; persistently |
| repugnant | offensive or repulsive |
| revel | to take great pleasure or delight |
| ritual | ceremony |
| roused | excited as to anger or action; stirred up |
| saucily | disrespectfully |
| sauntered | strolled |
| solicitude | care or concern for the well-being of another |
| solidarity | a union of interests or purposes among group members |
| squalor | a filthy and wretched condition |
| subservience | being subordinate; of a lesser position |
| surreptitiously | stealthily |
| tantamount | equivalent in effect or value |
| taut | tight; tense |
| vindictive | revengeful |
| vivid | heard, seen or felt as if real |
| waned | approached an end |
| waylaying | ambusing; intercepting someone unexpectedly |
| yearned | had a strong; often melancholy desire |
Created by:
pharris1
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