Collection 5: The End and the Beginning

As you read Wislawa Szymborska's "The End and the Beginning," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 9's Collection 5: Night, Is Survival Selfish?, Deep Survival, The Leap, The End and the Beginning
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  1. rubble
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  2. corpse
    the dead body of a human being
  3. mire
    cause to get stuck as if in a soft wet area
  4. girder
    a beam used as a main support in a structure
  5. glaze
    furnish with glass
  6. photogenic
    looking attractive in photographs
  7. ragged
    worn out from stress or strain
  8. recall
    bring to mind
  9. sever
    cut off from a whole
  10. mill about
    move about in a confused manner
  11. unearth
    recover through digging
  12. argument
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  13. cause
    any entity that produces an effect
  14. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  15. gaze
    look at with fixed eyes
Created on Wed Jul 16 16:28:22 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:24:57 EDT 2014)

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