| A | B |
|---|
| Negro spiritual | a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States |
| swelter | be uncomfortably hot |
| bad check | a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds |
| tranquilizing | tending to soothe or make feel better |
| civil rights | right belonging to a person by reason of citizenship |
| hew out | make or shape as with an axe |
| promissory note | a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time |
| manacle | shackle that can be locked around the wrist |
| beacon light | a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships |
| Alleghenies | the western part of the Appalachian Mountains |
| molehill | a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing |
| promissory | relating to a verbal commitment by one person to another |
| unalienable | incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another |
| redemptive | preserving someone from some evil or error |
| default on | fail to pay up |
| invigorate | give life or energy to |
| rolls down | gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow |
| militancy | a combative aggressiveness |
| hallowed | render holy by means of religious rites |
| seared | become superficially burned |
