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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 religion. |
| 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 have 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 land |
| Peered | Looked carefully or intently, with some difficulty |