Every Body Looking: List 2

by Candice Iloh
As Ada begins college and looks toward the future, she also needs to come to terms with her past.

This list covers pages 145–234 of the 2020 Dutton edition.

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  1. mimic
    imitate, especially for satirical effect
    things young boys and girls
    could do that mimicked
    their mothers and fathers
  2. cope
    come to terms with
    Dad somehow calls me now
    to see how school is going
    to see how I’m coping
    I can’t tell him
    how I couldn’t do this
  3. confirm
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
    trust me. most of the guys on the team think you’re cute.
    you want me to confirm it?
  4. dank
    unpleasantly cool and humid
    and I was thinking
    how each time he’s free

    I’m really not, and trapped
    by the dank of a boy’s dorm room
  5. clique
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
    college at an HBCU was still more groups
    and more cliques than high school

    either more ways to fit in
    or be left standing out
  6. therapist
    a person skilled in a particular type of care
    remember
    the therapist said
    you can draw pictures
    when you feel sad
    pictures
    when you miss her
    pictures
    for what you feel
    inside
  7. execute
    carry out or perform an action
    It’s a month into my first semester
    and I’ve been here
    long enough to know
    it’s time to execute
    my plan somehow
  8. conformist
    marked by convention and accordance to customs or rules
    on tuesdays and thursdays
    they make us
    wear suits to class
    like robots

    an outdated conformist ritual
    of pretend professionalism
    forced on us black kids
    if we want success
  9. professionalism
    the expertness characteristic of a business person
    on tuesdays and thursdays
    they make us
    wear suits to class
    like robots

    an outdated conformist ritual
    of pretend professionalism
    forced on us black kids
    if we want success
  10. stance
    standing posture
    I’d be ready to turn the other way again
    but she’s smiling
    still staring into my face
    her whole stance a question
    waiting for me to stop being dumb
    and answer
  11. flush
    sudden reddening of the face
    her cheeks flush
    of blotchy maroon and smile
    mine of damp brown and giggle
  12. maroon
    a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
    her cheeks flush
    of blotchy maroon and smile
    mine of damp brown and giggle
  13. speckle
    mark with small spots
    salty chips crisp with
    orange cheddar and
    speckled ranch
  14. mocking
    expressing contempt or ridicule
    he doesn’t talk much
    and when he opens his mouth
    mocking questions always come out
    like

    why does everything have to be about god
  15. nook
    a secluded place, corner, or recessed area
    my body awkwardly tucked in the nook
    between his chest and arm
  16. yoke
    become joined or linked together
    Be ye not
    unequally yoked
    with unbelievers
  17. righteousness
    the quality of adhering to moral principles
    for what fellowship hath
    righteousness with unrighteousness
  18. communion
    sharing thoughts and feelings
    and what communion hath
    light with darkness
  19. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
    let a woman learn
    quietly with all submissiveness
  20. deceitful
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
    the heart is deceitful
    above all things
    and desperately sick;
    who can understand it?
Created on Thu Oct 08 13:24:12 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Oct 13 10:24:21 EDT 2020)

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