Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Glossary

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Intractable

Complex, uncontrollable, troublesome

Interposed

Put, insinuated

Prejudicial

Inimical, injurious

Aggravate

Infuriate, irk, anger

Acquiescence

Accord, approval, consent

Stolidity

Indifference, emotionlessness

Ignominious

Undignified, dishonorable

Despodency

Depression, hopelessness

Feigning

Affecting, bluffing, stimulating

Vanquished

Defeated, subdued

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