We Are the World

1. We Are the World

2. Delineated • to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil. • to portray in words; describe or outline with precision: In her speech she delineated the city plan with great care. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography

3. Lionized ~ lahy-uh-nahyz • verb (used with object) • 1. to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet. • 2. British. to visit or exhibit the objects of interest of (a place). • verb (used without object) • 3. to pursue celebrities or seek their company. • 4. British. to visit the objects of interest of a place. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography

4. Utopia • an ideal place or state. • any visionary system of political or social perfection. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography

5. Itinerant • adjective • 1. traveling from place to place, esp. on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative; itinerating; journeying. • 2. characterized by such traveling: itinerant preaching. • 3. working in one place for a comparatively short time and then moving on to work in another place, usually as a physical or outdoor laborer; characterized by alternating periods of working and wandering: an itinerant farm hand. • noun • 4. a person who alternates between working and wandering. • 5. a person who travels from place to place, esp. for duty or business. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography

6. Nascent ~ ney-suh nt • beginning to exist or develop: the nascent republic. • Chemistry. (of an element) in the nascent state. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography

7. Affiliate • –verb (used with object) • 1. to bring into close association or connection: The research center is affiliated with the university. • 2. to attach or unite on terms of fellowship; associate (usually fol. by with in U.S. usage, by to in Brit. usage): to affiliate with the church. • 3. to trace the descent, derivation, or origin of: to affiliate a language. • 4. to adopt. • 5. Law. to fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child: The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe. • –verb (used without object) • 6. to associate oneself; be intimately united in action or interest. • –noun • 7. a branch organization. • 8.Commerce. • a. a business concern owned or controlled in whole or in part by another concern. • b. a subsidiary. • 9. a person who is affiliated; associate; auxiliary. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography

8. Mete • to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually fol. by out): to mete out punishment. • Synonyms:1. deal, measure, parcel. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography

9. Sovereign • –noun • 1. a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler. • 2. a person who has sovereign power or authority. • 3. a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority. • 4. a gold coin of the United Kingdom, equal to one pound sterling: went out of circulation after 1914. • –adjective • 5. belonging to or characteristic of a sovereign or sovereignty; royal. • 6. having supreme rank, power, or authority. • 7. supreme; preeminent; indisputable: a sovereign right. • 8. greatest in degree; utmost or extreme. • 9. being above all others in character, importance, excellence, etc. • 10. efficacious; potent: a sovereign remedy. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography

10. Scathed • –verb (used with object) • 1. to attack with severe criticism. • 2. to hurt, harm, or injure, as by scorching. • –noun • 3. hurt, harm, or injury. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography

11. Opprobrium ~ [uh-proh-bree-uh m] • –noun • 1. the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy. • 2. a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach. “Zora Neale Hurston” Biography