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Unit 7 Vocab
Little Rock Nine
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Occasion | A special or important event |
| Determined | Having a strong desire to do something |
| Furious | Very angry |
| Mission | Something that you must do |
| Segreation | The practice of separating people of different races, sexes or religions |
| Courageously | Bravely; confidently dealing with a dangerous or painful situation. |
| Commemoration | The act of remembering and respecting an important person or event in the past |
| Reconciliation | Situation in which two people became friendly again after fighting |
| Bitter | Jealous and upset becasue you feel you have been treated unfairly |
| Rapprochement | Establishment of a friendly relationship after a period of conflct |
| Inconsistencies | Situation in which two statements are different, and both cannot be true |
| Incredeulously | Being unable or unwilling to believe something |
| Hick | Uneducated, a person who lives in the country, regarded as being intelligent |
| Remorseful | To be sorry for something you had done |
| Deceased | a dead person |
| Armory | a place where guns and other military equipment is kept |
| Precise | exact, following 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 land |
| Peered | looked carefully or intently, with some difficulty |