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Unit 7 Vocab
Little Rock Nine
Term | Definition |
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Occasion | A special or important event |
Determined | Having a strong desire to do something |
Furious | Very angry |
Mission | Something that you must do |
Segreation | The practice of separating people of different races, sexes or religions |
Courageously | Bravely; confidently dealing with a dangerous or painful situation. |
Commemoration | The act of remembering and respecting an important person or event in the past |
Reconciliation | Situation in which two people became friendly again after fighting |
Bitter | Jealous and upset becasue you feel you have been treated unfairly |
Rapprochement | Establishment of a friendly relationship after a period of conflct |
Inconsistencies | Situation in which two statements are different, and both cannot be true |
Incredeulously | Being unable or unwilling to believe something |
Hick | Uneducated, a person who lives in the country, regarded as being intelligent |
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 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 land |
Peered | looked carefully or intently, with some difficulty |