American Street Glossary

by Ibi Zoboi

American Street Glossary

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Written by Tasha Roy

Peremptory

High-handed, summary, abrupt

Fraternisning

associating, going around, socializing

Repugnance

Revulsion, loathing, horror

Perpetration

Committing violent act

Taciturn

Reticent, not talkative

Convulse

Suffer a fit, jerk

sardonically

Ironically, sarcastically

Tacit

Hinted, implicit

Demurred

Dissented, objected

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