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Hagiography
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A biography that idealizes or idolizes the person
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execrable
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of poor quality
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bifurcated
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divided into or made up of 2 parts
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obstreperous
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stubbornly defiant
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simulacrum
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an insubstantial or vague semblance
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salient
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outstanding
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obdurate
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stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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apoplectic
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extreme anger or furious
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bonhomie
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geniality, friendliness
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fillip
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bonus
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Hagiography
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A biography that idealizes or idolizes the person
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execrable
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of poor quality
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bifurcated
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divided into or made up of 2 parts
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obstreperous
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stubbornly defiant
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simulacrum
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image or representation
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salient
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outstanding
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obdurate
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stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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apoplectic
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extreme anger or furious
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bonhomie
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geniality, friendliness
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fillip
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bonus
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peripatetic
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person who walks from place to place
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provenance
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birthplace
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ken
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range of what one can know or understand
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screed
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long harange
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internecine
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mutually destructive conflict/warfare
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iconoclastic
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characterized by attack on traditional institutions
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orthodoxy
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conformity to established and accepted beliefs
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splenetic
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irritable
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detente
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easing of tensions/strained relations
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cavalier
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haughty disregard of others
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escarpment
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long steep slop or cliff
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progenitors
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ancestor in the direct line
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elan
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distinctive and stylish elegance
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animus
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animosity
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carapace
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hard protective covering
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cathartic
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cleaning, purging
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bucolic
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pastoral
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nadir
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extreme point of adversity
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portent
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omen
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imprecations
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curse
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solipsistic
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with consideration only for one's own self interest.
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Transparent Eyeball
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From Emerson's "nature". In context, it means corwins role in the classroom as someone that exists only as an instrument of sight. He doesn't offer his opinion upon the view nor does he interfere.
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Dickensian group homes and foster homes
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Charles Dickens commonly wrote about poverty and depicted the dark dreary foster homes orphans such Oliver twist had to handle. In context, he's relating the foster homes from Dicken's writing to Olivia's situation.
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Welcome back kotter
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name of a TV show about a man name Kotter who returns to his high school to teach unruly children and attempt to control them until they inevitably drop out. He later befriends them. In context, it talks about Braxton always talking about returning to south central and teaching there.
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Sisyphean
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A king punished to roll a boulder up a hill and watch it roll back for eternity. In context, it means the school artist's job to forever paint walls, only to see them get defaced.
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Dr.Jekyll
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Dr.Jekyll had multiple personality disorder, having 2 contrasting personalities. Just like how Ms.Little can be passionate about what she's teaching one day, and then rant about the horrors of school admin. the next day.
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Betes noires
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(black beast) objct or abstract idea that is disliked or avoided. Just like how moultrie's betes noires is the movie the dangerous mind which depicts teens acting out foolishly.
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Sui generis
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A latin expression that means unique in its own characteristics. In context, it means that black prejudice is unique compared to the prejudice faced by other minorities in that they faced two centuries of slavery, semiserfdom, segregation, and economic discrimination.
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Huxtables
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An affluent African-American family from the Cosby Show. They live in Brooklyn NY. In context, it means that Curt is financially stable and lives in a well off black neighborhood.
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