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Unit 7 Vocab
Little Rock Nine
Term | Definition |
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Occasion | A specific 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 dealing with a dangerous or painful situation |
Commemoration | Act of remembering and respecting an important person or an event in the past |
Reconciliation | Situation in which 2 people became friendly after being treated unfairly |
Bitter | jealous and upset because you feel that you've been treated unfairly. |
Rapprochement | establishment of a friendly relationship after a period of conflict |
Inconsistencies | situations in which two statements are different and both can't be different. |
Hick | uneducated |
Remorseful | to be sorry for something you've done |
coaxed | persuaded into doing something |
incredulously | being unable or unwilling to believe something |
deceased | a dead person |
armory | place where guns and other military equipment is kept |
precise | exact |
caravan | single line of vehicles |
intervals | spaces |
imposing | impressive due to size of power |
salute | greet formally, often by a gesture of the hand |
peered | looked carefully or intently with some difficulty |