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Unit 3: Vocabulary from Readings 6

This list covers "The War Prayer" and "Gambling in Schools."
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  1. martial
    suggesting war or military life
    Sunday morning came—next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams—visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the foe, the tumult, the enveloping smoke, the fierce pursuit, the surrender!
  2. saber
    a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
    Sunday morning came—next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams—visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the foe, the tumult, the enveloping smoke, the fierce pursuit, the surrender!
  3. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
    Sunday morning came—next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams—visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the foe, the tumult, the enveloping smoke, the fierce pursuit, the surrender!
  4. supplication
    a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
    The burden of its supplication was, that an ever-merciful and benignant Father of us all would watch over our noble young soldiers, and aid, comfort, and encourage them in their patriotic work; bless them, shield them in the day of battle and the hour of peril, bear them in His mighty hand, make them strong and confident, invincible in the bloody onset; help them to crush the foe, grant to them and to their flag and country imperishable honor and glory—
  5. cataract
    a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
    An aged stranger entered and moved with slow and noiseless step up the main aisle, his eyes fixed upon the minister, his long body clothed in a robe that reached to his feet, his head bare, his white hair descending in a frothy cataract to his shoulders, his seamy face unnaturally pale, pale even to ghastliness.
  6. smite
    cause physical pain or suffering in
    The words smote the house with a shock; if the stranger perceived it he gave no attention.
  7. commission
    charge with a task
    I am commissioned of God to put into words the other part of it—that part which the pastor—and also you in your hearts—fervently prayed silently.
  8. unavailing
    producing no result or effect
    ...help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief...
  9. protract
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
    ...for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet!
  10. beset
    assail or attack on all sides
    We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts.
  11. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
    We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts.
  12. minimal
    the least possible
    Parents and teachers who have been worried sick about finding enough money just to maintain public schools at a minimal level, worry no more.
  13. lobby
    a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
    Pulltabs and Scratch-Offs are specifically outlawed in the bill because they make a big mess, according to the powerful Janitor's Lobby.
  14. handicap
    attempt to forecast a winner and assign odds for or against
    The first half hour of the school day will be a “handicapping homeroom,” but students will be encouraged to arrive early if they are psyched up and have the feeling that this is the day.
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