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

an unpleasant, cramped, and dilapidated place to live

• chasm
• morale
• reflex
• hovel

to use or take so as to prevent others from using or taking

• monopolize
• morale
• defoliant
• turmoil

great confusion or disorder

• chasm
• hovel
• turmoil
• morale

a statement that is the opposite of another statement

• inexplicable
• naturalization
• morale
• contradiction

a place of retreat or security

• reflex
• chasm
• asylum
• bassinet

a person who lives outside their native country

• expatriots (expats)
• profiteers
• bassinet
• triumphant

the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time that make them want to succeed

• morale
• chasm
• hovel
• reflex

A legal process to obtain citizenship

• delapidated
• turmoil
• naturalization
• contradiction

hard to explain or impossible to understand

• defoliant
• indifference
• inexplicable
• morale

a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth.

• asylum
• ebb and flow
• morale
• reflex