jim crow, infrastructure, implicit

Feifei Z. (United States of America)
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  1. jim crow
    a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
  2. infrastructure
    the basic features of a system or organization
  3. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  4. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  5. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  6. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  7. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  8. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  9. synthesize
    combine and form a complex whole
  10. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  11. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  12. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  13. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  14. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  15. resentment
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  16. embed
    fix or set securely or deeply
  17. cumulative
    increasing by successive addition
  18. cumulate
    collect or gather
  19. accumulative
    increasing by successive addition
  20. accumulate
    get or gather together
  21. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  22. villainous
    extremely wicked
  23. wicked
    having committed unrighteous acts
  24. infraction
    a violation of a law or rule
  25. canary
    any of several small Old World finches
  26. shunt
    a conductor diverting a fraction of current from a device
  27. commitment
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  28. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  29. expedience
    the quality of being suited to the end in view
  30. ordain
    invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  31. prone
    having a tendency
  32. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  33. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  34. inferiority
    the state of being lesser
  35. inferior
    of or characteristic of low rank or importance
  36. cygnet
    a young swan
  37. ideology
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group
  38. ascendancy
    the state when one person or group has power over another
  39. binary
    of or pertaining to a number system having 2 as its base
  40. flux
    a state of constant change
  41. nefarious
    extremely wicked
Created on Sat Oct 10 17:22:45 EDT 2009 (updated Sun Oct 11 02:54:00 EDT 2009)

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