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Unit 7 Vocabulary
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 |
| Segregation | 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 become friendly again after fighting |
| Bitter | Jealous and upset because you feel you have been treated unfairly |
| Rapprochement | Establishment of a friendly relationship after a period of conflict |
| Inconsistencies | Situations in which two statements are different,and both cannot be true |
| Incredulously | 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 you had done |
| 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 or power |
| Salute | Greet formally,often by a gesture of the hand |
| Peered | Looked carefully or intently,with some difficultly |