Their Eyes Were Watching God Study Guide

Glossary of Terms

anthropology

the study of humans

Bahaman

a person from the Bahamas

baiting

teasing, torturing

burros

donkeys

cane

the raw material of sugar

color-struck

obssessed with race

desecrate

to make less sacred, to make profane

dialect

common language, spelled phonetically

disposition

temperament

ostentatious

in a style meant to show off

portly

plump

pullet

chicken

root doctor

quack folk doctor

sedan

type of car

Seminole

native American tribe centered in the Everglades

spittoon

a small dish in which to spit tobacco

sullen

pouty

supplication

pleading

switch

whip

the Muck

an area of the Everglades, Florida