Collection 5: "Colin Powell: Military Leader" by Warren Brown

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  1. borough
    one of the administrative divisions of a large city
    At a picnic one day in the Bronx, New York City’s only mainland borough, he met Maud McKoy.
  2. allure
    the power to entice or attract
    Meanwhile, Harlem had begun to take on a special allure.
  3. instill
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
    Instead, Luther and Maud Powell instilled in their son and daughter a strong faith in the Anglican church and a healthy respect for formal education.
  4. perseverance
    persistent determination
    Luther and Maud Powell also told their children that only hard work and perseverance could lead to success.
  5. truant
    one who is absent from school without permission
    The young truant estimated the time wrong, however, and arrived home too early.
  6. ensue
    take place or happen afterward or as a result
    A family friend caught him, and a family discussion ensued.
  7. lackluster
    not having brilliance or vitality
    As a fifth grader at Public School 39, he was such a lackluster student that he landed in the slow class.
  8. indifferent
    showing no care or concern in attitude or action
    At both Intermediate School 52 and Morris High School, he continued to apply himself indifferently.
  9. flair
    a natural talent
    By this time, Colin had developed into a tall, strong teenager with a natural flair for leadership.
  10. ingrained
    deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
    Colin had no particular urge to get a higher education, but he had a deeply ingrained sense of obedience to his mother and father.
  11. accordingly
    (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
    Accordingly, on a cold winter day in February 1954, Colin took a bus to Manhattan and began his life as a City College student.
  12. commission
    document conferring the rank of officer in the armed forces
    The ROTC offered students military training that could lead to a commission as an officer in the U.S.
Created on Mon Jun 15 08:59:33 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Jun 17 11:05:24 EDT 2020)

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