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vocabulary 3/22/10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| condolences | expressions of symphony for a death |
| dictator | a ruler who has complete power over a country |
| notorious | well known for having a bad reputation |
| rugged | very rough ans uneven |
| transformed | changed in appearance |
| urgently-in | manner that calls for immediate action |
| wounds | injures where the skin is broken |
| grief | intense sadness caused by loss |
| mocking | sneering at, making fun of someone or something, often through an impression |
| refugee | people who flee their own country in times of political trouble in search of a safer place |
| plaza | public square in a town or city |
| frantic | greatly excited by fear, anger, or pain |
| boxcars | fully enclosed railroad cars used for carrying freight |
| boardinghouse | a house where people pay for meals and lodging |
| boarder | person who stays at a boardinghouse |
| activist | a person who works for change |
| chlorophyll | green substance that traps energy from the sun and allows plants to make their own food in the form of sugar |
| chloroplasts | structures in plants where chlorophyll is stored |
| photosynthesis | plants use light energy from sunlight, carbon dioxide, from the air, and water to make sugar and oxygen |