Unit 1: Part 1 Vocabulary

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  1. appreciate
    be fully aware of; realize fully
  2. argument
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  3. articulate
    express or state clearly
  4. compete
    engage in a contest or measure oneself against others
  5. competition
    the act of contending with others for rewards or resources
  6. controversy
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  7. amicably
    in a friendly manner
  8. antagonize
    provoke the hostility of
  9. battle
    a hostile meeting of opposing military forces
  10. cooperate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  11. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  12. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  13. grievance
    a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment
  14. issue
    some situation or event that is thought about
  15. mediate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  16. survival
    the state of remaining alive
  17. war
    the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
  18. dissension
    a conflict of people's opinions, actions, or characters
    These were not ordinary, carelessly made chimes, such as those you now find in our Chinatown stores, whose rattling noises drive you mad. But making her special ones caused dissension in our family, and some shame.
  19. precariously
    in a manner affording no ease or reassurance
    Our greatest excitement occurred when a fire gutted the large Chinese Presbyterian Church, three blocks from our house. Over the still-smoking ruins the next day, Grandmama and I rushed precariously over the blackened beams to pick out the stained glass that glittered in the sunlight.
  20. famine
    a severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death
    “My juggler,” she said, “he never came back to me from Honan...perhaps the famine....” Her voice began to quake. “But I shall have my sacred windchime...I shall have it again.”
  21. reprieve
    a relief from harm or discomfort
    The fact that my lung infection in my fifth and sixth years, mistakenly diagnosed as TB, earned me some reprieve, only made me long for school the more.
Created on Thu Oct 15 16:36:14 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Oct 19 09:28:11 EDT 2020)

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