Week of January 24-27th

WEEK OF JANUARY 17-20

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.