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Unit 1: Part 1 Vocabulary

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  1. argument
    an assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  2. injury
    physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident
  3. insecurity
    the state of being subject to danger or injury
  4. interact
    do something together or with others
  5. negotiate
    discuss the terms of an arrangement
  6. oppose
    be against
  7. reaction
    a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude
  8. solution
    the successful action of solving a problem
  9. viewpoint
    a mental position from which things are considered
  10. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  11. irritate
    cause annoyance in
  12. mislead
    give false information to
  13. stalemate
    a situation in which no progress can be made
  14. victorious
    having won
  15. violence
    a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction
  16. recreation
    an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
    We all make it quick and spend the rest of the time in the recreation area, where they play checkers and stuff with some of the old people's games, and I catch up on the back issues of Modern Maturity.
  17. orderly
    a hospital attendant with general duties
    They line up the old people in wheelchairs in the hallway as if they were about to be raced to the finish line by orderlies who don't even look at them when they push them here and there.
  18. conquistador
    a 16th-century Spanish conqueror of Peru and Mexico
    My mother read them to us over and over: the Bible, the stories of Spanish conquistadors and of pirates that she had read as a child and brought with her from the city of Mayagüez...
Created on Mon Feb 08 09:41:07 EST 2021 (updated Thu Feb 18 12:36:58 EST 2021)

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