anthropology
the study of humans
Bahaman
a person from the Bahamas
baiting
teasing, torturing
burros
donkeys
cane
the raw material of sugar
color-struck
obssessed with race
desecrate
to make less sacred, to make profane
dialect
common language, spelled phonetically
disposition
temperament
ostentatious
in a style meant to show off
portly
plump
pullet
chicken
root doctor
quack folk doctor
sedan
type of car
Seminole
native American tribe centered in the Everglades
spittoon
a small dish in which to spit tobacco
sullen
pouty
supplication
pleading
switch
whip
the Muck
an area of the Everglades, Florida
