| A | B |
|---|
| beckoned | signaled, motioned to |
| genealogist | one who studies or investigates family history |
| descent | ancestry, lineage |
| spawned | produced, gave rise to |
| shunning | avoiding, keeping from |
| coin | to make, devise |
| Mosque | Isamic place of worship |
| deluged | overwhelmed |
| assimilation | absorption of a minority group into a prevailing culture |
| precursor | predecessor, forerunner; an indicator of something that is to come |
| conglomerate | group of businesses or companies |
| rubric | a rule or direction |
| reiterated | said or done again, repeated |
| cater | provide food service, attend to someone's needs |
| demeanor | behavior |
| proprietor | owner |
| adheres | remains attached, follows devotedly |
| ramifications | developments, consequences |
| plummet | to decline suddenly or steeply, plunge |
| rambunctious | boisterous and disorderly; noisy and undisciplined |
| mired | stuck, entangled, trapped |
| spate | a sudden flood, rush, or outpouring |
| rash | outbreak of events within a brief time |
| rhetoric | pretentious, insincere, intellectually vacant language |
| scoffs | riducules, mocks |
| inclusiveness | taking in all or everything in its scope |
| advocates | supporters of a cause |
| defiance | resistance to force or authority, open hostility |
| counsel | advice, guidance |
| defective | faulty, abnormal |
| explicitly | fully and cleary expressed |
| illiterate | unable to read or write, having no formal education |
| naught | nothingness, nonexistence, insignificant |
| vaguely | no clearly expressed, indistinctly |
| precariously | dangerously |
| cascaded | fell, fumbled |
| resolve | determination, firmness of purpose |
