Unit 5: Cluster 1

Edge: Level A, Volume 2, Unit 5, Cluster 1.

Here are links to the other clusters within Unit 5: "Jump Away" and "Showdown with Big Eva", "Fear" and "Violence Hits Home", "Abuela Invents the Zero" and "Karate"
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  1. bully
    a person who is habitually domineering or cruel to others
  2. challenge
    a call to engage in a contest or fight
  3. elusive
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  4. sarcastic
    expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
  5. confront
    be face to face with
  6. glare
    an angry stare
  7. thug
    an aggressive and violent young criminal
  8. sympathetic
    expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings
  9. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
  10. impact
    a forceful consequence; a strong effect
  11. murky
    dark or gloomy
  12. gurgle
    make sounds similar to bubbling water
  13. arc
    something curved in shape
  14. intimidate
    make timid or fearful
  15. repute
    look on as or consider
  16. reserved
    set aside for the use of a particular person or party
  17. anticipation
    an expectation
  18. brawl
    a noisy fight in a crowd
  19. revelation
    the act of making something evident
  20. futility
    uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
  21. reform
    a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
Created on Wed Jul 20 14:22:27 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Aug 16 10:44:01 EDT 2016)

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