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Hersey Vocab Vietnam
Hersey Vocab Vietnam in the 60's Vocab Pages 50-77
Term | Definition |
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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 |