Unit 1: Part 3 Vocabulary

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  1. passage
    a section of text, particularly a section of medium length
  2. contribute
    give, provide, or supply something
  3. alter
    cause to change; make different
  4. reveal
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  5. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  6. challenge
    questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
  7. similarity
    the quality of being alike
  8. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  9. indicate
    give evidence of
  10. specific
    stated explicitly or in detail
  11. determine
    find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry
  12. acquire
    gain knowledge or skills
  13. establish
    show the validity of something, as by example or explanation
  14. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  15. support
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  16. endure
    undergo or be subjected to
    Last year they and several others had spent much toil and time on the Mazy May, and endured great hardships...
  17. liable
    likely to be affected with
    Walt was worried, however; the claim was liable to be jumped at any moment because of this delay, and a fresh stampede had started in on the Mazy May.
  18. summit
    the top or extreme point of something
    And from then on, as he cleared the summit of each ice jam, he stretched flat on the leaping sled till the rifle shot from the rear warned him that he was safe till the next ice jam was reached.
  19. defiance
    an act boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
    We’ve carefully counted the cost,
    Defiance we bid to Jack-Frost.
  20. privation
    a state of extreme poverty
    No tales of privation our vision can dim,
    our vision of treasure untold.
  21. invincible
    incapable of being overcome or subdued
    A lively grass widow, a dude and a quaker,
    have join’d our invincible throng,
    We’re not all alike, but we’re bound for Klondyke
  22. associate
    a friend who is frequently in the company of another
    She came in here last night and said, “Oh dear I am so homesick that I must die,” and then again my other associate came in with tears in her eyes and said that she had cried all day.
  23. scour
    rub hard or scrub
    I am making Flags with all the rest of the various kinds of work that I am doing and then again I am scouring candle sticks and washing the floor and making soft soap.
  24. tongue
    a human written or spoken language used by a community
    I have three Lights burning now but I am so tired and Blind that I can scearcely see and here I am among the French and Duch and Scoth and Jews and Italions and Sweeds and Chineese and Indians and all manner of tongues and nations but I am treated with due respect by them all....
  25. exodus
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
    Free African Americans also joined the exodus west, hoping to find not only gold but greater freedom.
  26. testify
    give a solemn statement in a court of law
    They were not allowed to testify in court.
  27. ambassador
    a diplomat of the highest rank
    Gibbs returned to the United States, became a lawyer, and was appointed an ambassador.
  28. conservative
    avoiding excess
    Biologists conservatively estimate that 500,000 adult murres—and possibly many more—raised chicks on the islands.
  29. entrepreneur
    someone who organizes a business venture
    Two years later, another group of entrepreneurs established a business known as the Pacific Egg Co. or the Farallone Egg Co.
  30. falter
    be or become weak, unsteady, or uncertain
    But the population faltered less than a decade later, this time because the birds were drowning in gill nets.
Created on Wed Feb 03 13:43:47 EST 2021 (updated Mon Feb 08 10:00:54 EST 2021)

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