| A | B |
|---|
| abject (adjective) | hopeless |
| abscond (verb) | to run away |
| affect (verb) | to cause something to happen |
| amorphous (adjective) | without a clear shape |
| accord (noun) | agreement |
| allegation (noun) | a claim that may be true or false |
| amalgamate (verb) | to combine different things to create something new |
| apparent (adjective) | easily understood or seen |
| cantankerous (adjective) | moody; difficult to get along with |
| coast (noun) | the shore of a sea or ocean |
| concerned (adjective) | worried |
| conduct (verb) | to direct |
| constitute (verb) | to create or form |
| convivial (adjective) | friendly |
| effect (noun) | the result of a cause |
| entreat (verb) | to beg for something important |
| epicurean (adjective) | sensuous enjoyment of expensive food and drink |
| hapless (adjective) | unlucky |
| famished (adjective) | extremely hungry |
| hackneyed (adjective) | overused; cliche |
| hyperbole (noun) | an exaggerated claim |
| impute (verb) | to accuse someone of being guilty |
| inane (adjective) | stupid; silly |
| inchoate (adjective) | unorganized |
| indigent (adjective) | poor |
| inflame (verb) | to anger |
| intend (verb) | planning to do something |
| issue (noun) | a flowing out |
| magnanimous (adjective) | very generous |
| minute (adjective) | extremely small |
| morsel (noun) | a very small amount of food |
| overture (noun) | music played at the beginning of an opera or musical |
| pensive (adjective) | one who reflects or meditates |
| perennial (adjective) | enduring; ever blooming |
| marginalized (adjective) | excluded from the majority |
| perturbed (adjective) | annoyed; upset |
| practice (noun) | a longstanding custom |
| precipitous (adjective) | steep |
| privation (noun) | poverty; lack of basic necessities |
| reminisce (verb) | to remember someone or something in a happy way |
| rendition (noun) | a new version of something |
| renowned (adjective) | famous |
| abundant (adjective) | a lot; plentiful |
| smattering (noun) | a very small amount of something |
| specious (adjective) | wrong while pretending to be right |
| unaffected (adjective) | natural; visibly unchanged by outside circumstances |
| vex (verb) | to annoy or make angry |
| vociferous (adjective) | noisy |
| wan (adjective) | weak; sickly |
| obstinate (adjective) | stubborn |
| abode (noun) | a place in which a person lives |
| awestruck (adjective) | overcome with fear or admiration |
| behest (noun) | a command |
| carcinogen (noun) | any substance that causes cancer |
| detrimental (adjective) | causing loss or injury |
| forthright (adjective) | direct; outspoken |
| malign (verb) | to slander; to spread harmful lies |
| makeshift (adjective) | temporary; substitute for the real thing |
| gregarious (adjective) | enjoys socializing with others |
| elucidate (verb) | to make an idea understandable or clear |
| abolitionist (noun) | a person who favors the destruction of any law or practice considered harmful to society |
| capitalism (noun) | an economic system in which the profits from the production and delivery of goods and services are privately owned by individuals and companies |
| censor (verb) | to deny, delete, or erase |
| chide (verb) | to disapprove; to scold |
| entitlement (noun) | a privilege |
| GI Bill (proper noun) | A 1944 entitlement that provided educational and home ownership benefits to soldiers who served in World War II – controversial because African American soldiers were denied benefits |
| miscellaneous (adjective) | not specific |
| Reconstruction (proper noun) | the period following the American Civil War from 1863-1877. The period was marked by segregation and violence against the newly freed Africans. |
| socialism (noun) | an economic system in which the profits from the production and delivery of goods and services are communally owned by a society |
| Special Field Order 15 (proper noun) | an 1865 order by General William T. Sherman which gave 400,000 acres of land abandoned by white slave owners to freed African American families – controversial because the land was returned to the slave owners by President Lincoln’s successor, Andrew Johnson |
