Week 8-10 Vocabulary Review

4. express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize
7. overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with
9. lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
12. a collection of temporary accommodations such as tents or huts
15. excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.
16. (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something
17. a group of characters featured in the literary works of Zora Neale Hurston. They serve primarily as expositional characters that provide us with between-the-scenes details of characters and other town gossip.

1. the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region
2. (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.
3. the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
5. flirtatious behavior or a flirtatious manner.
6. based in stereotypes, tropes are characters in books that are meant to represent certain types of people.
8. the intention or desire to do evil; ill will
10. a historical town founded by formerly enslaved people who had come from states further north like Georgia and Alabama, and from unincorporated areas like nearby Maitland.
11. encompasses the use of literal or figurative language to add symbolism and enable the reader to imagine the world of the piece of literature
13. eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.
14. prejudice or discrimination against individuals with darker skin tones, typically among people of the same racial or ethnic group.