R/W vocabulary
Unit Video Vocabulary
Sports Article Vocab
Grammar: verbs
L/S Vocabulary
100
boom
What is an increase in popularity?
100
Splurge
What is to spend money on something you don't really need
100
Disparity
What is a big difference?
100
Three years ago I "got/have gotten" my law degree.
What is "got"
100
Expedition
What is a trip with a specific purpose?
200
sophisticated
What is complicated or highly developed
200
Novelty
What is something new?
200
Acute
Very sharp (physically or mentally)
200
Since I got my law degree I "have been working/was working" in a small town.
What is "Have been working"
200
Indigenous
What is native to an area
300
consensus
What is to come to an understanding?
300
What is the difference between hippies and yuppies?
Hippies = people who were countercultural anti-war protestors in the 1960s Yuppies = young urban professionals of the 1980s and beyond
300
Proponent
Someone who is in favor of /arguing for something
300
We "were getting married/got" married the following year.
What is "got married"
300
preservation
To save or keep
400
strategy
What is a careful plan to reach a goal
400
Instant gratification
What is wanting something right away, with no patience?
400
Bias
Not being objective about something (possibly being influenced by prejudice)
400
When we first arrived in this country, we "hadn't expected/haven't expected" things to be as difficult as they were.
What is "hadn't expected"
400
Validate
What is to make real or official?
500
boost
What is to make something increase a lot?
500
Why are the baby boomers called baby boomers?
They were born right after WWII in the US, which was a time of great prosperity and many births!
500
Resentment
Anger or annoyance at someone or something
500
We knew that ultimately we "used to succeed/would succeed" beyond our wildest dreams.
What is "would succeed"
500
to prompt
to push or encourage someone to do something
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