Promises to Keep Vocabulary.com List 1 Flashcard

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legacy

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Anything handed down by someone or something in the past

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mesmerize

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To attract strongly, as if with a magnet

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What is "determination"?

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Firmness of purpose

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Sharecropper

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A tenant farmer who owes a portion of each harvest for rent

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racial

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Of or related to groups of people sharing distinctive traits

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What is "segregation"?

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A social system that provides different facilities for minority groups

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inhumane

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Reflecting a lack of pity or compassion

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Antic

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A playful, attention-getting act done for fun and amusement

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emancipation

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Freeing someone from the control of another

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resentment

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A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will