W & W Vocabulary Module 3 Lessons 16-30

ancestor

• having to do with where a person was born

• relative who lived long ago

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  people related to those who lived long ago

  
  

generation

• people related to those who lived long ago

  
  

• people, usually in a family, born at about the same time

• cause for or source of a new idea or feeling that is usually positive

native

• unpleasant insects or small animals that can sometimes cause harm

• least expensive sleeping accommodations on a passenger ship

• having to do with where a person was born

  
  

unique

• chance for something better

• having to do with qualities found in only one person, group, place, thing, or idea

  
  

• blanket made of pieces of fabric and featuring decorative stitching

opportunity

• chance for something better

• new, or not known or experienced

• shared knowledge

steerage

• state of being poor

• crown

• least expensive sleeping accommodations on a passenger ship

liberty

• crown

• freedom

• chance for something better

enlightened

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  fire carried on a stick or pole as a portable light

  
  

• metal bands used for binding wrists or ankles

  
  

• shared knowledge

descendants

• people, usually in a family, born at about the same time

• people related to those who lived long ago

• having to do with where a person was born
  

torch

• state of being poor

• fire carried on a stick or pole as a portable light

• cause for or source of a new idea or feeling that is usually positive