The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 Chapters 5 - 8 Vocabulary

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the act of explaining your own understanding of something

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interpretation

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to put up with or allow something unpleasant to happen without getting upset

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tolerate

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a floor covering which is made of cloth and covered with a hard shiny substance

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linoleum

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having a feeling of sadness and sorrow

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mourning

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An inner feeling or voice that instructs what is right and wrong in one's behaviors.

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conscience

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An advanced state of human society where high levels of cultural and technology development has been reached.

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civilization

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a continuous quick, slight shaking movement back and forth

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vibrations

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someone of low rank who maybe unskilled and is poorly treated

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peon

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A person who says one thing but does something else, betraying the trust of others.

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traitor

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a gurgling sound usually created by a liquid being poured

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glugging