Ghost Boys-Session #5-Vocabulary Review

Not to be confused with play time during the school day, this is a break in a session or court hearing.

• nap time

• recess

• play date

• reconcile

A verb, this word means to stay close; linger.

• over protect

• helicopter

• hoover

• hover

An adjective, this word has been used in recent times to describe awareness to racial and prejudice discrimination.

• woke

• wake

• politics

• conscious

Some synonyms of this word are unfair and unjust.

• conscionable

• unbelievable

• disbelief

• unconscionable

In 1954, _____ was a huge win for people of color in the U.S. Supreme Court because it no longer allowed separating students due to race.

• desegregation

• segregation

• Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka

• civil rights

A verb, this word means to move quickly, lightly, and/or in a jittery way.

• Skittles

• skeeter

• skitters

• skedaddle

Someone who is described as _____ is typically cheerful, carefree, optimistic.

• lightheaded

• melancholy

• lighthearted

• transparent

When someone or something has _____, that means it can be trusted because of its quality or power.

• credibility

• incredibility

• deceptive

• dishonest

When circumstances are _____, they have little hope.

• inspiring

• optimistic

• hopeful

• bleak

A noun, this word means to want something, or desire it badly.

• sulking

• gasping

• yearning

• mourning