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unit 7 vocab
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Term | Definition |
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OCCASION | A special or important event |
DETERMIND | 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 events in the past |
RECONCILLIATION | the restoration of friendly relations |
RAPPROCHEMENT | Establishment of a friendly relationship after a period of conflict |
INCONSISTENCIES | Situations in which two statements are different, and both cannot be true |
HICK | Uneducated, a person who lives in the country, regarded as being uninitelligent |
INCREDULOUSLY | Being unable or unwilling to believe something |
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 difficulty |