Social
Studies+ Fighting Ground Vocab.+MLK VOCAB
1. alliance
2. delegate
3. Parliament
4. proclamation
5. budget
6. representation
7. massacre
8. boycott
9. repeal
10.monopoly
11.
transfixed p. 52-cause (someone) to become
motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment :
12.
cantered p. 43-a three-beat gait of a horse or
other quadruped between a trot and a gallop
13.
bayonets p. 48-a swordlike stabbing blade that
may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle for use in hand-to-hand fighting.
14. unison
p. 45-simultaneous performance of action or utterance of
speech
15. scrutinized p. 59-look, examine carefully
16. muster p. 64-assemble troops
17. obliterate p. 66-destroy, annihilate
18. perplexed p. 71-confused
19. plume
p.52- long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament
20.torrential-p.66-(of rain) falling rapidly and in copious quantities : a torrential downpour.
21. segregation- the enforced separation of different racial groups in a
country
22. discrimination-the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories
of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex :
23. civil rights-the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and
equality.
24. eloquent-fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing
25. Martin Luther King Jr.
