If Beale Street Could Talk (film) Glossary

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Covetousness

Being greedy and accusative

Hustles

Fraudulent activity involving swindling someone/something

Immorality

Being able to live forever; not being able to die

Impurity

Being unclean and contaminated

Lustful

Experiencing strong feelings of sexual desire

Malicious

Spiteful; wanting to do harm to someone/something

Midget

A derogatory term for an abnormally small person

Negro

A once-common but (in context) now offensive term for a black person

Panic

Alarm; anxiety

Sacrament

A ceremony/ritual in the Catholic church

Womb

An organ unique to female mammals for the purpose of carrying their offspring/a child

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