Unit 1: Vocabulary Review

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  1. account
    a record or narrative description of past events
  2. bearing
    relevant relation or interconnection
  3. colony
    a geographical area controlled by a distant country
  4. concentration
    complete attention; intense mental effort
  5. determine
    reach, make, or come to a decision about something
  6. engage
    consume all of one's attention or time
  7. Enlightenment
    a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
  8. enlightenment
    education that results in the spread of knowledge
  9. insensible
    unaware of or indifferent to
  10. plot
    plan secretly, usually something illegal
  11. Puritanism
    strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
  12. puritan
    someone who adheres to strict religious principles
  13. represent
    express indirectly by an image, form, or model
  14. self-government
    government by a country's own people rather than by an outside power
  15. settle
    come to terms
  16. temper
    make more acceptable or suitable by adding something else
Created on Mon Dec 07 08:49:25 EST 2020 (updated Thu Dec 10 10:59:08 EST 2020)

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