Vocab -- The Best We Could Do -- C. 6-10

Front

An unpleasant, cramped, and dilapidated place to live.

Back

Hovel

Front

To use or take to prevent others from using.

Back

monopolize

Front

Great confusion or disorder

Back

turmoil

Front

Opposite statement

Back

contradiction

Front

A place of retreat or security

Back

asylum

Front

A person living outside their native country.

Back

Expatriots (expats)

Front

Confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a time that drives success.

Back

morale

Front

Legal process to obtain citizenship

Back

naturalization

Front

Hard to explain or impossible to understand

Back

Inexplicable

Front

A recurrent pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth.

Back

ebb and flow