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Unit 7 - Vocabulary
Little Rock Nine
Term | Definition |
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Occasion | A special or important event |
Determined | Having and strong desire to do something |
Furious | Very angry |
Mission | Something you must do |
Segregation | The practice of separating people of different races, sexes or religion |
Courageously | Bravely; Confidently dealing with a dangerous or painful situation |
Commemoration | Act of remembering and respecting an important person or event in the past |
Reconciliation | Situation in which two people become friendly again after fighting |
Bitter | Jealous and upset because you feel you have been treated unfairly |
Reapprochement | Establishment of a friendly relationship after a period of conflict |
Inconsistencies | Situations in which two statements are different and both cannot be true |
Incredulously | Being unable or unwilling to believe something |
Hick | Uneducated, a person who lives in the country, regarded as being unintelligent |
Remorseful | To be sorry for something you had done |
Deceased | A dead person |
Armory | A place where guns and other military equipment is kept |
Precise | Exact ; Following the rules or form |
Caravan | A single line of vehicles traveling together |
Intervals | Spaces |
Imposing | Impressive, due to size or power |
Salute | Greet formally, often by a gesture of the hand |
Peered | Looking carefully or intently, with some difficulty |