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Beguile-(verb.) to take away from by cheating or deceiving.
Sentence- The smart man was able to beguile his stolen money back.
- Sissy was able to beguile the man into letting her open a charge account until Saturday payday. From this we can tell that during the early 1900s people were easier to bargain with and store owners will let you slip once in a while if you didn't have money. Betty Smith used this word to show how close the community was and how everyone lets people get away with things a couple of times.
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Celibacy-(noun.) abstention from sexual relations.
Sentence- Fiona promised celibacy until marriage.
Chapter 13
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Begat-(noun.) genealogical lists, esp. those in the Old Testament.
Sentence- I read the begat to my son before bed.
- The word begat can tell us that religion was very important in Francie's life and also a major culture during the 1900s.
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