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Hersey Vocab Vietnam
Hersey Vocab Vietnam in the 60's Vocab Pages 50-77
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| communal | shared or mutual |
| conventional | traditional or accepted |
| ethos | set of values or ethic |
| illusion | dream or fantasy |
| phenomenon | extraordinary person or event |
| scarcity | poverty |
| trite | commonplace, ordinary, cliched |
| barrio | Spanish term for neighborhood |
| discord | conflict, disharmony |
| furtively | secretly, stealthily, covertly |
| intuitive | instinctive, not based on reason |
| marrow | core, basic nature |
| pyre | combustible heap or pile of material to be burned |
| queuing | filing or lining up |
| tumult | turmoil, agitation |
| undulant | rising and falling or wave-like |
| hamlet | small village |
| Round Eyes | Vietnamese slang term for Americans |
| atrocity | outrage or monstrous act |
| condemn | blame or denounce |
| confronted | approached, spoke with |
| flailing | moving, thrashing |
| massare | slaughter, extermination |
| premeditated | planned, throughout |
| scenarios | possible sequence of events |
| mocking | laughing at or defying |
| complacent | self satisfying or unconcerned |
| disoriented | confused or mixed up |
| innocuous | harmless or unoffensive |
| invincible | unconquerable, not subject to harm |
| loathing | hatred, hostility, antipathy |
| maternal | motherly |
| preconception | prejudgment or prejudice |
| reluctantly | unwillingly and hesitantly |
| traumatic | disturbing, upsetting, and shocking |
| vulnerable | exposed and unprotected |