Bronx Masquerade Vocabulary

1. the action of depriving someone of membership in an organization
4. an offense made more serious by attendant circumstances
8. place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident
10. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group
12. to be in a fight using the fists
13. the state or situation of being alone
14. to fill up again
18. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
19. separate or cause to separate into curds or lumps
22. direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something
23. hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)
24. yearn to possess or have (something)

2. not alive or real
3. preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
5. unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own
6. having to do with infants or young children (toddlers)
7. existing or occurring at or on the surface
9. treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just
11. be enough or adequate
15. in exact terms; without vagueness
16. a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule
17. try hard to do or achieve something
20. of or relating to a population subgroup
21. lithe; supple