vocabulary Flashcards

(35 cards)

1
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integration

A

the action or process of successfully joining or mixing with a different group of people: racial/cultural integration

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Jim Crow

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bad term for black people

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uprising

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riot

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discrimination

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5
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police brutality

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a mob

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angry group of people

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7
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desirable

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wanted or wished for

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8
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confines of the…

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boundaries or limits set by law

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9
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sauntered

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walk in slow

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10
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caricature

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picture, description, imitation of a person

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go ballistic

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fly into rage

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meticulously

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great attention to detail

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13
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snafu

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confusion

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disgruntled

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angry

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15
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marvelled at

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be filled with wonder

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bursting my bubble

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shatter someone’s delusion

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posse

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people who have a common occupation

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referrals

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act of directing a person to where one can help them / obtain them (priporočiti)

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assessment

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an act of grading, calculating the value of

20
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to get jacked

A

incredibly muscular

21
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to be slick

A

be impressively smooth, efficient

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penetrate through

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to enter, pass through

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barrio

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blasted on

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curse to express annoyance

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to retaliate
make an attack for similar attack
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hit the fan
to be troublesome, embarrassing, have a strong negative effect on
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syringe
clean, (inkecija)
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being strapped
little or no money
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getting smoked
be beaten badly
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eager
strongly wanting to do something
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tardy bell
not in class when the bell rings
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perished
violently die
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alienated
feeling isolated in a group
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overcompensate
excessive measures in correcting something
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whizzing
move quickly while whistling / buzzing