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U2 Vocab Review
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| PERSEVERANCE | ||
| perseverance | ||
| BEACON | ||
| beacon | ||
| GRIT | ||
| grit | ||
| AVERSION | A strong feeling of not liking something | |
| aversion | Benjamin Franklin had a deep _____ to war, which is why he offered to go to England to try to make peace with the King to avoid the Revolution. | |
| TENACITY | The determination to continue what you are doing | |
| tenacity | Turbo the snail demonstrated great _____ in finishing the race against a racecar without his power of speed. | |
| AVERT | To see coming and ward off; avoid | |
| avert | The best way to _____ summer school and avoid stress is by completing assignments on time and participating in class. | |
| persist | To continue to do something even though it is difficult | |
| PERSIST | Chase Ambrose _____ in telling the truth about stealing the medal despite knowing it could cost him friendships and send him to jail. | |
| FORTITUDE | Mental strength and courage that allows someone to face danger and pain | |
| fortitude | Will the Resistance have the _____ to risk their lives stand up against the Nazi regime of terror? | |
| GENOCIDE | The deliberate and systematic destruction of a religious, racial, national, or cultural group | |
| genocide | Hitler and his Nazis shocked the world with their "Final Solution," which was the first publicly documented _____ in modern history. | |
| HOLOCAUST | the systematic government killing of six million Jewish people and others by Nazi Germany during World War II | |
| holocaust | Survivors of the _____ share their stories so that the voices of the victims make sure the world never repeats the same unforgivable murders. | |
| dogged | Marked by stubborn determination | |
| DOGGED | DOGGED Marked by stubborn determination | |
| conflict | A major difference that prevents agreement | |
| CONFLICT | For Georg Duckwitz and many members of the Resistance, Hitler’s “Final Solution” was in —-- with how they believed any person should be treated. | |
| perception | The way you understand someone or something | |
| PERCEPTION | Your ___ of the world is affected by the way you’ve been raised and the events you have experienced in life. | |
| empower | to give someone official authority or the freedom to do something | |
| EMPOWER | Frederick Douglass was--- to change his life when he continued to learn to read in secret so that he could escape slavery. | |
| experience | something personally encountered, undergone, or lived through | |
| EXPERIENCE | Many professionals --- additional challenges, beyond their training and expertise, due to factors beyond their control. | |
| cultivate | to foster the growth of | |
| CULTIVATE | In order to —- your self-awareness, you need to ask yourself tough questions and make smart, responsible choices | |
| enigma | Something hard to understand or explain | |
| ENIGMA | Just how and why two people fall in love is an —-- that no scientist has been able to explain. | |
| savvy | Experienced, knowledgeable, and having common sense | |
| SAVVY | Frederick Douglass possessed tremendous - - - with words, and soon everyone truly understood the horrors of slavery. |
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