"Danger of a Single Story" and "Two Kinds" Flashcards
1
Q
susceptible, affectable
A
Impressionable
2
Q
current, ordinary
A
Conventional
3
Q
home, calm
A
Domestic
4
Q
fiber from palm tree leaves
A
Rafia
5
Q
talk down to, treat badly
A
Patronize
6
Q
baffling, puzzling
A
Incomprehensible
7
Q
an English novelist
A
Rudyard Kipling
8
Q
legitimacy, validity
A
Authenticity
9
Q
cheat, defraud
A
Fleece
10
Q
base, degraded
A
Abject
11
Q
evict, eject
A
Dispossess
12
Q
allowance, cut
A
Ration
13
Q
pattern, average
A
Stereotypes
14
Q
the Nigerian movie industry
A
Nollywood
15
Q
inventive, new
A
Innovative
16
Q
fix up, modernize
A
Refurbishing
17
Q
bad, evil
A
Malign
18
Q
a young female actress
A
Shirley Temple
19
Q
a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
A
Mission District
20
Q
a novel written by James Barrie
A
Peter Pan
21
Q
injustice, insult
A
Indignity
22
Q
disgrace, abuse
A
Reproach
23
Q
a capital city in Kenya
A
Nairobi
24
Q
a king of Judah
A
Jehoshaphat
25
a device that makes a loud sound to warn ships in the fog
Foghorns
26
an American TV show popular in the 1950's and 60's
Ed Sullivan Show
27
fascinate, hypnotize
Mesmerize
28
a German composer and pianist
Beethoven
29
trance, fantasy
Reverie
30
clashing, divergent
Discordant
