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TWGTB Test
The Watsons Go to Birmingham (TWGTB)
Term | Definition |
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confrontation | acts of opposing or standing face to face against someone or something |
demonstrations | public meetings or parades in which people show how they feel about and issue |
picketing | marching or standing outside a business, government building, or other place and carrying signs to show opposition to a policy or practice |
banned | made illegal/forbade |
boycotts | protest in which people refuse to buy someone's merchandise or use someone's services |
sit-ins | protest in which people sit down in a place and refuse to leave |
strove | tried hard |
segregation | practice of keeping different races or groups of people apart |
interracial | between people of different races |
prohibited | outlawed, forbidden |
pervasive | widespread |
discrimination | show of prejudice or bias against a group of people or an individual in that group |
amended | changed, revised |
curve balls | baseball pitches that unexpectedly change direction |
fluttered | shook rapidly, trmbled |
sonic boom | an explosive sound caused by planes moving faster than the speed of sound |
electrocuted | killed with an electric shock |
whirlpool | dangerously spinning body of water |
scolding | correcting angrily, nagging |
wilier | more crafty or sly |
frequencies | the tone or level of sound vibrations |
bad - dispositioned | unhappy & irritable |
pathetic | inspiring pity |
facilities | rooms or building used for a special purpose, such as restrooms ad restaurants |
sanitation | relating to hygiene especially a clean water supply |
offended | had one's feeling hurt, was insulted |
transferred | moved, sent |
grapevine | an informal means of spreading information from person to person |
eavesdropped | listened secretly |
accustomed | get used to something |
maestro | master of an art such as musical conductor |
swoon | faint |
patter | informal/rapid chatter |
enhance | improve/make better |
technician | person who is expert in the mechanics of some device or machine |
hacked | carelessly cut or chopped |
haphazardly | randomly, by chance |
grasped | understood/realized |
exculsive | unique |
phonic | having to do with sound |
dispersal | condition of being spread out or scattered |
seniority | privilege that comes from being older |
pinnacle | peak or highest point |
ultimate | something that is the greatest or highest possible |
tolerate | put up with |
linoleum | smooth floor tiles |
conscience | sense of right and wrong |
peon | impoverished laborer, especially one who does menial work |
traitor | betraying |
flamethrower | a weapon that shoots fire |
frostbite | freezing or partial freezing of part of the body |
hypnotized | in a trance - like state |
zombie | person in a sleep like state and with a strange appearance |
pliers | a tool used for gripping or bending objects |
radioactive | giving off dangerous levels of nuclear radiation |
reinforcements | additional or supporting forces |
desperate | wanting intensely |
punctual | on time |
bravo | very good |
emulate | imitate or copy |
intimidate | to bully or threaten |
assure | encouraging by promising |
incapable | not able |
hostile | unfriendly or threatening |
Flypaper | sticky paper made to catch flies |
landlord | person who rents property to others |
juvenile delinguent | person under 18 who gets into a lot of trouble |
thermostat | device for controlling temperature |