Common Lit Vocabulary "DANGER OF A SINGLE STORY" Flashcards
feeling, open
impressionable
accepted, current, traditional
conventional
private, home, family
domestic
things- paper, deerskin, horsehair
rafia
design, snub
patronize
inconceivable, puzzling
oncomprehensible
“I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.”
Rudyard Kipling
accuracy, efficiency, truthfulness
authenticity
cheat, defraud
fleece
wretched, degraded
abject
evict, eject, putout
dispossess
allowance, supply
ration
pattern, formula, custom
stereotypes
a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry
nollywood
contemporary, ingenious, cutting edge
innovative
fix up, refit, redo
refubishing
bad, evil, harmful, not good
malign
a nonalcoholic cocktail of ginger ale and grenadine, garnished with a maraschino cherry
shirley temple
trend-setting boutiques, restaurants, and more
mission district
a boy who wants to remain a child and never grow up
peter pan
abuse, insult, slur
indignity
disgrace, abuse, shame
reproach
disgrace, abuse, shame
reproach
place of cool waters
Nairobi
