Born A Crime: Vocabulary

deprived of the rights of citizenship, as the right to vote

• disenfranchised

• loathe

• inevitably

• wayward

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

become like one's environment

• infer

• fathom

• assimilate

• transpire

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What was apartheid?

• Institutionalized segregation based on race

• Institutionalized segregation based on religion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

to rob of goods by open force

• pillage
• pious
• hermeticaaly 
• liquidate 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

eager to consume great amounts of food

• voracious

• tenacious

• gregarious

• scrupulous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does the word menial mean?

• not requiring much skill

• puzzled or confused

• a person’s appreciation of a taste or flavor

• an expert judge of something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

always ready to argue or fight

• auspicious
• benign
• erratic
• contentious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

One who fights as a profession

• pugnacious
• pugilism
• repugnant
• pugilist

Synonym for pariah

• celebrity
• particular
• outcast
• imminent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

(n) A long, pompous speech; (v) a tirade

• Eloquent 
• Petition
• Harangue 
• Succinct 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D