the scottsboro boys Flashcards

1603577072	pelting	anything happening rapidly or in quick successive, beating against again and again	0
1603577073	exchanged	changed for (replaced by) something different	1
1603577074	hobo	a disreputable vagrant	2
1603577075	recruited	to enroll or seek to enroll	3
1603577076	decades	periods of ten years	4
1603577077	inequality	lack of equality	5
1603577078	eloquently	in an articulate manner	6
1603577079	posse	a temporary police force	7
1603577080	oblivious	failing to keep in mind	8
1603577081	dilapidated	in deplorable condition	9
1603577082	impoverished	poor enough to need help from others	10
1603577083	destitute	Very poor, Deprived of the necessities of life;	11
1603577084	sporadic	occurring singly, or occasionally, or in scattered instances, (adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order	12
1603577085	vagrancy	the state of wandering from place to place	13
1603577086	virtuous	morally excellent, Adjective: conforming to moral and ethical principles;	14
1603577087	sullied	especially of reputation, made dirty or impure [opposite unsullied; sully (v)]	15
1603577088	avenged	for which vengeance has been taken	16
1603577089	deplorable	bad	17
1603577090	lynchings	when small vigilante mobs or elaborately organized community events where an individual (typically black) was publicly hung due to a crime (true or perceived). Resulted from white supremacy or fear of black sexuality.	18
1603577091	recant	formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure	19
1603577092	disperse	scatter	20
1603577093	contradict	To challenge, confront, counter, deny, or oppose	21
1603577094	lurid	shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke	22
1603577095	grotesque	art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants	23
1603577096	coalesence	union; a combination	24
1603577097	balked	to stop short and refuse to proceed	25
1603577098	vivid	(of color) having the highest saturation	26
1603577099	unabashed	not embarrassed	27
1603577100	fabricated	formed or conceived by the imagination	28
1603577101	possess	To have or to own	29
1603577102	conclusive	forming an end or termination	30
1603577103	bayonet	a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon	31
1603577104	condemned	officially and strongly disapproved	32
1603577105	stay	continuing or remaining in a place or state	33
1603577106	hesitant	uncertain or in doubt	34
1603577107	stewards	People who are put in charge of managing, caring for, and protecting something, such as money or personal property.	35
1603577108	inflammatory	characterized or caused by inflammation	36
1603577109	adequate	(sometimes followed by 'to') meeting the requirements especially of a task	37
1603577110	indiscretions	imprudent actions	38
1603577111	anti semitism	prejudice against Jews	39
1603577112	bigotry	the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot	40
1603577113	antagonism	(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure	41
1603577114	uncorroborated	unsupported by nother evidence	42