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Unit 7 Vocabulary
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. |
Segregation | The practice of separating people of different races, sexes, or religions. |
Courageously | Bravely; confidently dealing with a dangerous or painful situation. |
Mission | Something that you must do. |
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. |
Rapprochement | 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, regarding as being unintelligent. |
Remorseful | To be sorry for something you have done. |
Coaxed | Talked or persuaded to do something. |
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 of power. |
Salute | Greet formally, often by a gesture of the hand. |
Peered | Looking carefully or intently, with some difficulty. |