Cutlural literacy and vocabulary terms from the book The Pact
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| Pact | show 🗑
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| show | influence from individual or groups with whom one shares common characteristics
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| Mentor | show 🗑
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| Co-op | show 🗑
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| Auxiliary | show 🗑
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| show | Energetic, lively, active
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| Susceptible | show 🗑
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| Leniency | show 🗑
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| Deprived | show 🗑
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| show | turmoil, disorder, disruption
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| Stucco | show 🗑
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| Aspire | show 🗑
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| show | use of language to persuade
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| Intervene | show 🗑
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| show | an educational institution with a specialty that draws students from outside areas.
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| Menial labor | show 🗑
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| Switchblade | show 🗑
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| show | cool indifference, lack of concern
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| Brownstone | show 🗑
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| Bravado | show 🗑
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| Subtly | show 🗑
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| show | to pretend
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| show | kindness, caring
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| show | one who speaks out about important issues; one who organizes a group about important issues
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| Dichotomy | show 🗑
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| show | to approve; to punish
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| show | in biology, the study of tissues
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| show | very precise, careful
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| show | heavy, severe, violent
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| show | a choice between two solutions, both of which are bad
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| Surreal | show 🗑
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| Desensitized | show 🗑
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| Vouched | show 🗑
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| show | a safe or secure place
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| Pro bono | show 🗑
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| show | to care for, provide support
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| Persevere | show 🗑
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| show | working hard
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| Cirrhosis of the liver | show 🗑
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| show | a weak spot in the blood vessel, subject to rupture
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| Gastroenterology | show 🗑
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| show | additional, secondary
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| Racial Profiling | show 🗑
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| Motown | show 🗑
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| show | Howard University graduate who became a rap singer, then professional businessman
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| show | funk music group lead by
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| Wyclef Jean | show 🗑
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| Kwanzaa | show 🗑
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| Tuskegee Airmen | show 🗑
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| Carl Lewis | show 🗑
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| show | A play by Lorraine Hansberry; the title comes from a poem by Langston Hughes
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| show | a stingy miser in Charles Dickens’ The Christmas Carol
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| show | former Poet Laureate of New Jersey
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| show | an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. First it was a play, then a movie.
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| show | living in luxury
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| Pandora’s Box | show 🗑
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| show | rubber soled shoes ( known as sneakers) made by Bridgestone Tire Co.
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| show | a religious organization
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| Temptations | show 🗑
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| Dixie Hummingbirds | show 🗑
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| Count Basie | show 🗑
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| Ray Charles | show 🗑
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| show | a funk group started by the bell brothers
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| show | a discount store known as a five and dime
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| Annie | show 🗑
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| Daddy Warbucks | show 🗑
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| show | he and his group the Miracles helped Barry Gordy create the Motown sound.
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| The Projects | show 🗑
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| Muhammad Ali | show 🗑
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