Grade 8: Unit 6: Vocabulary from Readings 1

This list covers "New York Day Women" and "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
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  1. offense
    a failure to show regard for others
  2. mesmerized
    having your attention fixated as though witchcraft
  3. pursuit
    the act of following in an effort to overtake or capture
  4. contemplate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  5. surrender
    relinquish possession or control over
  6. progressive
    favoring or promoting modern or innovative ideas
  7. assert
    insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
  8. amphitheater
    an oval large stadium with tiers of seats
  9. impartial
    free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
  10. subordinate
    lower in rank or importance
  11. conventional
    in accord with a tradition accepted from the past
  12. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  13. aspire
    have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  14. devious
    turning away from a straight course
  15. anguish
    extreme mental distress
Created on Tue May 18 12:47:40 EDT 2021 (updated Wed May 19 16:39:33 EDT 2021)

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