| A | B |
|---|
| adjustment | Adapting to a new situation |
| discrimination | Unjust treatment of different categories of people/things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex |
| speculation | Forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence |
| lingered | Stay in a place longer than necessary |
| potentialities | Quality that can be developed to make someone/something better |
| plight | Dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation |
| rabble | disorderly crowd; socially inferior or uncouth |
| ignorant | lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated |
| resentment | bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly |
| radiance | the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source |
| nocturnal | done, occurring, or active at night |
| jurisdiction | official power to make legal decisions and judgments |
| pigmentation | the coloring of a person's skin, especially when abnormal or distinctive |
| hubbub | a chaotic din caused by a crowd of people |
| prominent | important; famous |
| ultraviolet | Wavelength shorter than that of the violet end of the visible spectrum but longer than that of X-rays |
| reprisals | an act of retaliation; counterattack |
| bigot | a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions |
| preoccupation | a subject or matter that engrosses someone |
| prejudice | preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience; make biased |
| KKK | Ku Klux Klan |
| insidious | proceeding in gradual, subtle way, but w/ harmful effects |
| benevolence | kindhearted, goodwill, humanitarianism, compassion |
| stereotype | fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group/class of people |
| illusion | false idea or belief |
| delusion | misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding, mistake, error |
| phenomenon | fact/situation observed to exist/happen, especially whose cause/explanation is in question. |
| profound | great or intense emotion |
| universal | affecting, or done by all people/things in the world/in a particular group |
| genocide | deliberate killing of a large group of people |
| misconception | incorrect view/opinion based on faulty thinking |
| transcends | surpass, exceed, beat |
| discrimination | unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people/things |
| prejudice | biased; damagng |
| humanity | mankind, man, people |
| aspirations | hope/ambition of achieving something |
| dichotomy | contrast between 2 things that are or are represented as being opposed/entirely different |
| implacability | strong feelings of hostility which nobody can change |
| "black separatists" | separatist political movement that seeks separate economic & cultural development for those of African descent |
| polarization | division into 2 sharply contrasting groups/sets of opinions/beliefs |
