Lesson 1.10 to 1.12

Forebears

• Ancestors
• Descendants
• Siblings

Adversary

• Friend
• Enemy
• Neutral

Tribulation

• Difficulties

• A type of musical instrument
• Trial in a courtroom

Endeavor

• A type of car
• Not caring about something important

• Trying hard to complete something

Abiding

• long-lasting

• Ignoring the rules
• Avoiding responsibility

Materialism

• Quality of valuing money more than people

• A religious belief in the existence of a material god
• A political ideology advocating for the distribution of wealth

Improbable

• Unlikely to happen
• Definitely will happen
• Happens frequently

Successive

• At the same time

• One after another

• Random

Jim Crow

• A type of bird
• A set of segregation laws in the United States
• A popular dance move

Brown v. Board of Education

• A case about school segregation
• A case about voting rights
• A case about women's rights