Unit 3: Novel Study: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 7–15

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  1. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  2. suspended
    supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy
  3. commiserate
    feel or express sympathy or compassion
  4. relentless
    not willing or able to stop or yield
  5. menial
    relating to unskilled work, especially domestic work
  6. uninitiated
    lacking relevant knowledge or experience
  7. dominant
    exercising influence or control
  8. welfare
    a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
  9. usurper
    one who wrongfully seizes and holds the place of another
  10. acquire
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  11. acknowledge
    declare to be true or admit the existence or reality of
  12. sullenly
    in a manner showing a brooding ill humor
  13. aromatic
    having a strong pleasant odor
  14. account
    an itemized statement of money owed for goods or services
  15. partake
    have, give, or receive a share of
  16. hypocrite
    a person who professes beliefs that he or she does not hold
  17. assistance
    the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need
  18. sufficient
    of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement
  19. sprawling
    spreading out in different directions
  20. transient
    one who stays for only a short time
  21. ignorance
    the lack of knowledge or education
  22. unauthorized
    without official permission or approval
  23. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  24. challenge
    take exception to
  25. encouragement
    the expression of approval and support
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