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Vocabulary words 1
vocabulary Word | Definition |
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abusive | extremely offensive and insulting |
advocate | a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy |
dignity | the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect |
rights | a permission to do something or an entitlement to a specific service or treatment from others |
tolerance | the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with |
earn | obtain (money) in return for labor or services |
forbid | refuse to allow (something) |
shelter | a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger |
strict | demanding that rules concerning behavior are obeyed and observed |
distribute | give shares of (something); deal out |
opposition | resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument |
illiterate | unable to read or write |
respect | a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements |
purpose | the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists |
generation | all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively |
Announce | make a public and typically formal declaration about a fact, occurrence, or intention |
Appear | come into sight; become visible or noticeable, typically without visible agent or apparent cause |
Receive | to take or get something that is given, paid, or sent |
Threat | a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done |
Achieve | successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage |
Potential | having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future |
Opportunity | a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something |
Expansion | the action of becoming larger or more extensive |