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Look up each of the following terms in A Lesson Before Dying. (The numbers in parenthesis are page numbers.) Be sure to use context clues to determine the meaning of the words. Write the correct vocabulary word for each definition. Copy and paste into a Google Doc and share with acox@bedford.k12.oh.us
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=A Lesson Before Dying Vocabulary, Chapters 1-8= godmother (3) conspiracy (7) modicum (7) quarter (10) illegible (11) plantation (12) parain (12) antebellum (17) parish (25) ashy (33) tyrant (38) stealth (41) innate (41) cynicism (43) agitated (44) humanitarianism (56) mulatto (62) Creole (64)

1. person who uses his power cruelly or unjustly 2. a small quantity 3. godfather 4. descendant of early French or Spanish settlers in Louisiana 5. doubting the sincerity and goodness of others 6. secret plan to do something unlawful or wrong 7. pale as ashes 8. principles that indicate helpfulness to humanity 9. woman who sponsors a child when it is baptized 10. a county in Louisiana 11. existing naturally in anything; inherent 12. a section, district, or certain part of a community 13. a secret or sly action 14. very hard or impossible to read 15. person of mixed white and black descent 16. before the Civil War 17. large farm or estate on which cotton, tobacco, or other crops are grown with work done by laborers who live there 18. disturbed or excited