Unit 3: Week 4

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  1. appreciate
    recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
    I knew who she was, and I'm sorry now that I didn't have sense enough to appreciate listening to one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century.
  2. barber
    a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
    Her father worked on the docks during the day loading bales of cotton on boats, was a barber at night and a preacher on Sundays.
  3. choir
    a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
    Once there, Mahalia joined a gospel group and a church choir while working during the day as a maid in hotels.
  4. release
    prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
    In 1946, Mahalia's first record was released.
  5. religious
    having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
    But Mahalia's aunt was very religious, and she took Mahalia to church every day.
  6. slavery
    the state of being in forced servitude to another person
    The roots of the blues go back to slavery.
  7. teenager
    a person who is older than 12 but younger than 20
    When I was a teenager, I was attending a meeting in Chicago with my church youth group.
  8. gospel
    a genre of evangelical Christian music
    She sang church songs, gospel, but she knew blues and brought the blues feeling into church music.
  9. expressive
    characterized by communicating beliefs or opinions
    "They had the beat, a powerful beat, a rhythm we held on to from slavery days, and [the] music was so strong and expressive, it used to bring the tears to my eyes."
  10. idol
    someone who is adored blindly and excessively
    It was in Chicago that Mahalia got the chance to see her idol, Bessie Smith, who came to town to put on a show.
  11. description
    a statement that represents something in words
    A description is a vivid account of explanation of something.
Created on Thu Jul 16 13:13:50 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Jul 20 15:01:19 EDT 2020)

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