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Vocabulary
Week of February 24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| refuge | a place of safety |
| transition | change; passing from one condition to another |
| persecution | act of attacking others because of their beliefs or their ethnic background |
| rampant | widespread; to spread unchecked |
| deprivation | condition of not having something essential |
| finicky | very hard to please; picky |
| dispute | argument |
| emerged | to rise or appear from a hidden place; to make known |
| haughty | having or showing the insulting attitude of people who think they are better, smarter, or more important than everyone else |
| curt | said or done in a quick and impolite way |
| elude | to avoid or escape |
| incredulous | unbelieving |