Chapters 15-18 Born a Crime

Piracy

The act of plagiarizing

Disenfranchised

Deprived of the rights of citizenship, as the right to vote

Thatch

Cover with roofing material made of plant stalks

Lithe

Moving and bending with ease

Meticulous

Marked by precise accordance with details

Raze

Tear down so as to make flat with the ground

Abet

Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

Euphemism

An inoffensive expression subsituted for an offensive one

Facade

A showy misrepresentation to conceal something unpleasant

Desecrate

Violate the sacred character of a place or language

Dissipate

Cause to separate and go in different directions

Placid

Calm and free from disturbance

Plight

A situation from which extrication is difficult

Pittance

an inadequate payment

Kindred

Similar in quality or character

Petrify

cause to become stunned or immoblie, as with fear or awe

Loathe

Dislike intenselt; feel disgust toward

Docile

Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed

Condescending/patronizing

Characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance

Flabbergasted

As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

Sporadic

Recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances

Reconcile

Come to terms

Stoic

Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

Vindicated

Freed from any question of guilt