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Vocabulary in Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

In the column one of the chart below, you are given a vocabulary word as it its used in the passage to be read.

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Click on the words to find the definition (underlined words) that makes the most sense based on context clues in

the sentence.

In column two, type in the definition selected.

In column three, you have been given an image. Examine it carefully.

In column four, explain how the image relates to the word/definition.

Word/Sentence Definition Image Explanation

Because the minibus business was completely unregulated, it was basically organized crime. Different groups ran different routes, and they would fight over who controlled what.

Unregulated:

Word/Sentence Definition Image Explanation

A Zulu driver got out with an iwisa, a large, traditional Zulu weapon... Another guy, his crony, got out of the passenger side.

Crony:

In addition to being violent gangsters, South African minibus drivers are notorious for complaining and haranguing passengers as theydrive.In addition to being violent gangsters, South African minibus drivers are notorious for complaining and haranguing passengers as theydrive.

Notorious:

Haranguing

Xhosa women were promiscuous and unfaithful.

Promiscuous

My mom kept telling him off and he kept calling her names, yelling at her from the front seat, wagging his finger in the rearview mirror and growing more and more menacing...

Menacing:

Word/Sentence Definition Image Explanation

At that point my mother could be raped. We could be killed. These were all viable options.

Viable:

Eventually I came to a stop and pulled myself up, completely disoriented .

Disoriented: