modular
Sectional or segmented.
solitaire
A card game played by one person.
solidify
To bring together for the point of making stronger.
whiff
An inhalation for the purpose of smelling.
bedraggled
Scruffy and unkempt.
surreptitiously
In a furtive and secretive manner.
blanks
Bullets fired from a gun without the capacity to do harm unless the gun is pressed directly against the body.
3-card-monte
A game of deception played on streetcorners with three cards where players try to guess where one different card winds up after being shuffled.
vicariously
Experiencing something indirectly through the enjoyment of observing someone else's actual experiences.
impersonator
Somebody who makes a living by doing an impression of someone famous.
inheritance
The legacy or birthright that passes from one generation to a member of the next.
sullen
Morose, sulky and characterized by a negative outlook.
greenbacks
Slang term for dollars.
Uncle Tom
Derogatory term for a black man who acts subserviently toward white people.
ravenously
Greedily; insatiably.
vernacular
The dialect and idioms used for verbal communication shared by a specific group of people.
parlance
The unique idiosyncracies of jargon, word choice and pronunciation that define a social group.
brotherhood
The community of comradeship shared not just by actual brothers but in a metaphorical way by those who are as close as brothers.
