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Unit 7
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 |
Segregation | the practice of separating people of different races, sexes, or religions |
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 after fighting |
Bitter | jealous and upset because you feel like you have been treated unfairly |
Rapprochement | establishment of friendly relationship after a period of conflict |
Inconsistencies | situations in which two statements are different, and both cannot be true |
Increduously | 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 that you had done |
Coaxed | persuaded into doing 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 and power |
Salute | greet formally, often by a gesture of the hand |
Peered | looked carefully or intently, with some difficulty |