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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 |
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 |
Rapprochement | establishment of a friendly relationship after a period of conflict |
Inconsistencies | situations in which two statements are different,and both cannot be true |
Incredulousy | being unable or unwilling to believe something |
Hick | uneducated,a person who lives in the country,regarded as being unintelligent |
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 | looked carefully or intently,with some difficutly |