| A | B |
|---|
| beckoned | signaled, motion to |
| genealogist | one who studies family history |
| descent | ancesty, lineage |
| spawned | produced, gave rise to |
| shunning | avoiding, keeping away from |
| coin | to make, devise |
| Mosque | Islamic place of worship |
| deluged | overwhelmed |
| assimilation | absorption of a minority group into a prevailing culture |
| plummet | to decline suddenly or steeply, plunge |
| rambunctious | boisterous and disorderly; noisy and undisipline |
| 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 | ridicules,mocks |
| inclusiveness | taking in all or everything in its scope |
| advocates | supporters of a cause |
| 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 someones needs |
| demeanour | behavior |
| proprietor | owner |
| adheres | remains attached, follows devotedly |
| ramifications | developments, consequences |
| prototype | an original that serves as a standard |
| amoral | neither moral nor immoral, not caring about right or wrong |
| maudlin | tearfully sentimental |
| poignant | profoundly moving, touching |
| quirky | odd, peculiar |
| affluent | wealthy, prosperous |
| dysfunctional | not funtioning, not working, impaired |
| premise | proposition, plan on which an argument (or story) is based |
| elegiac | relating to mourning or expressing sorrow for something that is over or gone |
| proliferation | rapid growth or spread |
| defiance | resistance to force or authority, open hostility |
| counsel | advice, guidance |
| defective | faulty, abnormal |
| explicitly | fully and clearly expressed |
| illiterate | unable to read or write, having no formal education |
| naught | nothingness, nonexistence, insignificant |
| vaguely | not clearly expressed, indistinctly |
| precariously | dangerously |
| cascaded | fell, tumbled |
| resolve | determination, firmness of purpose |
| hemorrhaged | bled excessively |
| mannequins | models of a human body, dummies for displaying clothes |
| fainthearted | timid, lacking courage |
| eerie | causing fear or uneasiness, mysterious |
| hapless | luckless, unfortunate |
| misconstrued | misunderstood |
| patronizing | looking down on, condescending |
| exotic | unusual, different, intriguing |
| interloper | one that interferes with affairs of others |
| ricochet | to rebound at leat once from a surface |
| expulsion | the act of being driven out or forced to leave |
| refuge | protection, shelter, safety |
| unleavened | lacking an agent such as yest that causes rising, as with bread |
| nominally | existing in name only, insignificant |
| linger | to remain, to be slow in leaving |
| cognizance | knowledge, recognition, awareness |
| saga | a long detailed report |
| compelling | urgently requiring attention |
| obscurity | the state of being unknown or difficult to understand |
| genealogy | a record of a person or families descent, lineage |
| intermediary | one who acts as a mentor or a go between |
| exhilarated | refreshed, energized, invigorated |
| confiscated | seized by authority or as if by authority |
| vengeance | punishment to return for a wrong, extreme violence or force |
