Glossary
Duty– an act or work or service
Funding– to provide money
Graduate– to be granted a degree or diploma
Hired Help– to pay a person for a service
Illiterate– unable to read or write
Kin– family, one’s relatives
Literate– able to read or write
Luxuries– something that costs a lot of money for fun or comfort
Mill– a building with machinery; factory
Opportunity– to get a chance to advance; to do well
Poverty– to be poor
Privy– an outhouse; an outside bathroom
Rural- country
Sassing– back-talking; to talk back
Society– the rich, privileged
Talent– a special ability
Telegraph– a machine used to send messages by wire
Unique– one of a kind
