The Vanishing Half Glossary

The Vanishing Half Glossary

mulatto

someone who has a mixed ancestry (with one black parent and one white parent)

decipher

decode

maul

attack

clabber

curdle

indistinguishable

identical

sanctified

made sacred or holy

sleaziness

corruption

lynching

hanging

dilapidated

broken

docile

compliant, obedient

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