Pride: Chapters 19–30

by Ibi Zoboi
In this "remix" of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Zuri Benitez grapples with the effects of gentrification — and with her complicated feelings toward Darius Darcy — when the wealthy Darcy family moves into her Brooklyn neighborhood.

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  1. impressionable
    easily influenced
    You think you can kiss me and have me wrapped around your little finger like Carrie. Nope! Find some other impressionable chick on the block, because I am not the one.
  2. baffled
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
    “You know, Zuri. Sometimes I’m baffled by how judgmental you are,” Darius says, taking one hand off the steering wheel.
  3. judgmental
    relating to an assessment of a person, situation, or event
    “You know, Zuri. Sometimes I’m baffled by how judgmental you are,” Darius says, taking one hand off the steering wheel.
  4. groggy
    stunned or confused and slow to react
    “Yeah, I'm fine,” I say groggily.
  5. snooty
    overly conceited or arrogant
    “Yes, and she’s even snootier than those boys across the street. And their parents. She’s the worst!” I say as I climb out of my clothes.
  6. bristle
    react in an offended or angry manner
    I can feel him bristle.
  7. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
    I can see her colorful walls covered in bright artwork: fake Picassos, African masks, Caribbean art, and even the stuff my sisters and I made in grade school, framed and placed beside all the other eclectic knickknacks Madrina has around her home.
  8. frail
    physically weak
    For the first time ever, she looks frail.
  9. bisque
    a thick, creamy soup made from shellfish
    “I kept trying to get her to order something else, but she kept asking for more bowls of the bisque,” Charlise says as she goes through a stack of paper menus. “And I kept saying, ‘Madrina, it’s bisque, not el bisqué. The E is silent. She spent like two hundred dollars all by herself.”
  10. podium
    a platform raised above the surrounding level
    And right before my eyes, he reaches over the podium in front of Charlise and kisses her on the lips.
  11. conceited
    having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
    My gut told me that the Darcys were all conceited, and their sons thought that they were better than us.
  12. raspy
    unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
    “I heard you, mi amor,” she says with an unusually raspy voice.
  13. graze
    scrape gently
    His knuckles softly graze the side of my face, and immediately my whole body melts.
  14. understatement
    something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast
    “Darius is really popular, huh?”
    “Yeah,” she says, nodding really hard. “That's an understatement.”
  15. operative
    producing a desired effect
    He chuckles. “The operative words here are ‘past few days.’ You don't really know me, Zuri.”
  16. sleek
    having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
    I see Darius’s sleek sneakers in front of me and look up.
  17. hail
    call for
    Darius hails a cab outside the shopping center.
  18. sleazy
    morally degraded
    If Warren is the sleazy bastard that Darius says he is, then I need him away from my little sister.
  19. slur
    utter indistinctly
    “I’m fine!” Layla slurs her words.
  20. seethe
    be in an agitated emotional state
    A few kids help me get Darius back inside the house, because he’s still seething.
  21. chivalry
    the medieval principles governing knightly conduct
    I don't need no knights in shining armor
    Ain't no horses in the hood
    I killed chivalry myself with a pocketknife
    A mean mug and a bad mood.
  22. allegiance
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
    You've got this whole white audience
    Watching this fight like some sport
    So to whom do I pledge allegiance
    To my heart or to this war?
  23. wince
    draw back, as with fear or pain
    His face is all wound up, and he winces as he gets up from the couch.
  24. sprawl
    sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
    Layla is sprawled out on another leather couch, and she looks a hot mess too.
  25. foyer
    a large entrance or reception room or area
    Soon we’re in a lit foyer with hooks along the walls and a metal rack filled with shoes that I notice are Darius’s.
  26. oasis
    a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
    “What can I say? It’s my little oasis,” he says, plopping down on his bed.
  27. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
    “Touché. I like that analogy.” He squeezes my hand a little.
  28. bereft
    unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
    The only musk left
    against the melody of my own song,
    to my sweet Ochún, of love, bereft.
  29. unearth
    bring to light
    Who will clear these lovers' paths
    to walk these noisy streets
    where toppled buildings unearth our wrath?
  30. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
    Afterward, Mama opens up our apartment and the whole building for the repast.
  31. procession
    the action of a group moving ahead in regular formation
    The santeras do a little two-step as they lead the procession from the church to our building.
  32. condolence
    an expression of sympathy with another's grief
    “She’s singing and dancing in heaven, now,” he says when they give him their condolences for Madrina.
  33. crevice
    a long narrow depression in a surface
    They are
    older than us, and there are stories lodged in their cracks and
    crevices, their stains and their tears.
  34. cesspool
    a covered cistern for waste water and sewage
    A body of water that remains stagnant is just a cesspool, mi amor!
  35. commute
    travel back and forth regularly, as between work and home
    So most of our days are spent commuting to and from everywhere and stuck inside the small two-story house, minding our own business.
Created on Wed Sep 26 09:21:31 EDT 2018 (updated Wed Sep 26 13:06:10 EDT 2018)

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