"Fences" Vocabulary

Question 1

1. Congruence

Answer 1

agreement or harmony; compatibility

Question 2

2. Dubious

Answer 2

hesitant; unsure; suspicious

Question 3

3. Tenacious

Answer 3

determined; powerful

Question 4

4. Eloquence

Answer 4

fluent or persuasive speaking or writing

Question 5

5. Destitute

Answer 5

Poor; empty

Question 6

6. Guile

Answer 6

sly or cunning intelligence

Question 7

7. Vengeful

Answer 7

seeking to harm because of a wrongdoing

Question 8

8. Turbulent

Answer 8

characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion

Question 9

9. Provocative

Answer 9

rousing OR seductive

Question 10

10. Emulate

Answer 10

imitate; copy

Question 11

11. Crude

Answer 11

simple and rough

Question 12

12. Vulgar

Answer 12

offensive; harsh

Question 13

13. Profound

Answer 13

very great or eye-opening

Question 14

14. Devotion

Answer 14

love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause

Question 15

15. Succession

Answer 15

series

Question 16

16. Illuminate

Answer 16

to clarify or light up

Question 17

17. Vigilant

Answer 17

keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties

Question 18

18. Scrutiny

Answer 18

critical observation or examination

Question 19

19. Ridicule

Answer 19

to mock, taunt, or scorn

Question 20

20. Seniority

Answer 20

the fact or state of being older or higher in position or status than someone else

Question 21

22. Liable

Answer 21

Likely; inclined

Question 22

23. Sane

Answer 22

(of a person) of sound mind; not mad or mentally ill.

Question 23

24. Eerie

Answer 23

strange and frightening

Question 24

25. Reparations

Answer 24

fixing a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged

Question 25

26. Jim Crow Era

Answer 25

a time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1877-1950s) when laws introduced in the Southern United States enforced racial segregation. “Seperate but equal” was a common slogan during this time… they were far from equal.

Question 26

27. Redlining

Answer 26

a discriminatory practice that consists of the systematic denial of services such as mortgages, insurance loans, and other financial services to residents of certain areas, based on their race or ethnicity.

Question 27

28. Subpar loans

Answer 27

money given out with interest rates (payback rates) that are higher than usual. These were given to people who are less likely to be able to pay back the money the borrowed.

Question 28

29. Internalized Racism

Answer 28

the process of creating a belief inside that the racist stereotypes, values, images and ideologies perpetuated by society about oneʼs racial group are true

Question 29

30. Generational Trauma

Answer 29

Damage that extends from one generation to the next. It begins when a group experiences a traumatic event that causes distress. In response, people belonging to that group develop physical or psychological symptoms that may be passed down.