Flashcards: "Bronx Masquerade" pg. 28-82
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ryansagare on August 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 superimposed | placed on or over something else |
| aggravated | v. to make worse or more unpleasant; to annoy |
| superficial | concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow |
| limelight | focus of public attention |
| Langston Hughes | a Harlem Renaissance poet. The phrase "Harlem Renaissance" refers to African American achievements in art, literature and music in the 1920s |
| Claude McKay | A poet who was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance movement and wrote the poem "If We Must Die" after the Chicago riot of 1919. |
| guzzle | To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp. |
| accentuate | to stress, single out as important |
| ashen | pale |
| transformation | the act of changing in form or shape or appearance |
| voluptuous | (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves |
| nape | the back of the neck |
| jock | a person trained to compete in sports |
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