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“The New Jim Crow”

VocabularyQuiz NextWednesday

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Rank 1 = no clue,

2 = seen it

3 = can use it

4 = can teach it

Caste

Litigate

Eradicate

Subjective

Explicit

Egalitarian

Disenfranchisement

Unprecedented

Cyclical

Egregious

Disparity

Akin

+caste

Sent: Ancient Egypt had a distinct caste system in

their society.

Syn: status, class, standing

Ant: egalitarian society

Def: the hereditary classes of society

+litigate

Sent: Litigation over abortion set precedent in the famous case, Roe

verses Wade of 1973.

Syn: dispute, contest, prosecute, petition

Ant: agree

Def: take (a claim or a dispute) to a court of law

+eradicate

Sent: The W.H.O. is trying to eradicate the Zika virus.

Syn: eliminate, exterminate

Ant: prolong, nurture

Def: to destroy completely

+subjective

Sent: Admittedly a subjective stance: all cat-sized dogs should be

considered rodents.

Syn: biased, partial, prejudiced

Ant: objective, unbiased, fair

Def: influenced by personal feelings,

tastes, or opinions

+explicit

Sent: The speed limit was explicitly posted: 25 MPH.

Syn: unequivocal, unambiguous, clear

Ant: equivocal, ambiguous, unclear

Def: leaving no room for confusion or doubt

+egalitarian

Sent: Disenfranchised people (women, racial minorities, etc.) seek

justice: an egalitarian society.

Syn: classless, unrestricted, equal

Ant: caste, unequal

Def: the principle that all people deserve equal rights and

opportunities

+disenfranchisement

Sent: The disenfranchisement of black voters continued through the

1960s.

Syn: marginalization, subjugation,

disqualification

Ant: egalitarianism, equality

Def: deprive (someone) of a right or privilege

+unprecedented

Sent: The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was

unprecedented.

Syn: unique, groundbreaking,

unparalleled, extraordinary

Ant: ordinary

Def: never done or known before

+cyclical

Sent: Some argue the common cyclical behavior of felons needs to be

addressed.

Syn: recurring, recurrent, repeating

Ant: random, spasmodic

Def: occurring in cycles

+egregious

Sent: The genocide in Darfur, Sudan was egregious.

Syn: horrendous, outrageous, atrocious

Ant: trivial, inconsequential

Def: outstandingly bad; shocking

+disparity

Sent: Sanders argues that US wealth disparities need to be addressed

by a new economic system.

Syn: discrepancy, incongruence

Ant: similarity

Def: a great difference

+akin

Sent: The images of Jackson and the Egyptian statue are akin in

striking ways.

Syn: similar, affiliated

Ant: dissimilar

Def: paralleling something visually,

socially, ideologically, etc.; similar to