Ninth Ward Vocab NTI 2/19

What is the definition of 'symbol'?

• a) a cloth wrapped around a dead person for burial

• b) something that stands for something else

• c) a high-pitched laugh

• d) moving or swinging back and forth slowly or lazily.

What is the definition of 'material'?

• things you can touch or perceive with your everyday senses

• having pride or self respect

• a low down, violent person

• a place where nuns or other religious groups live and work

What is the definition of 'spiritual'?

• fragile and fine

• having to do with the spirit - in New Orleans, people believe in a spirit world

• reason for being

• standing alongside the road and signaling to ask passing cars for a ride.

What is the definition of 'delicate'?

• fragile and fine

• honest and straight up

• confusion, disorder

• being sure

What is the definition of 'dignity'?

• to hold on tight

• having pride or self respect

• mean teasing or jeering

• something so huge or extreme that it really can't be understood.

What is the definition of 'cling'?

• to hold on tight

• a bridge that hangs down, or is suspended, from tall towers

• a tree with long, hanging branches common in Louisiana swamps

• called off

What is the definition of 'premature'?

• early

• a cloth wrapped around a dead person for burial

• a high-pitched laugh

• moving or swinging back and forth slowly or lazily

What is the definition of 'ignorant'?

• not knowledgeable, does not know what they are talking about

• a low down, violent person

• a place where nuns or other religious groups live and work

• something that gives a message

What is the definition of 'wharf'?

• where ships are loaded and unloaded

• a bridge that hangs down, or is suspended, from tall towers

• a tree with long, hanging branches common in Louisiana swamps

• called off

What is the definition of 'fortitude'?

• the ability to keep going when things are tough

• a cloth wrapped around a dead person for burial

• a high-pitched laugh

• moving or swinging back and forth slowly or lazily