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Elizabeth & Hazel
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| commemoration | 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 | an establishment or resumption of harmonious |
| inconsistencies | lack of agreement |
| incredulously | looking at someone or talking to someone like you just can't believe what's going on |
| pondered | thought about carefully |
| psychology | the scientific study of the human mind and behavior |
| subordinating | making less important than |
| scouted | searched for |
| overstated | made something seem better or more important than it is |
| naive | lacking experience, information, or judgement |
| sentimentally | an act or feeling based on emotion rather than reason, often related to nostalgia for the past |
| vigilance | careful attention given to what is happening in order to spot danger |
| fissure | crack, tear, or break |
| pretenses | way of behaving that is meant to make people believe something that isn't true |
| dissertation | a paper researched and written by a student working to earn a doctoral degree |
| caveat | warning |
| resentment | bitterness; feeling of anger because something you think is unfair happened to you |
| remorseful | regretful |