Unit 5: Cluster 3

Edge: Level A, Volume 2, Unit 5, Cluster 3.

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. slush
    partially melted snow
  2. ridiculous
    incongruous or absurd
  3. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  4. obligation
    the social force that binds you to a course of action
  5. sacrifice
    the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty
  6. inconvenient
    not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
  7. ignore
    give little or no attention to
  8. blur
    a hazy or indistinct representation
  9. cringe
    draw back, as with fear, pain, or embarrassment
  10. shrink
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  11. existence
    the state or fact of being
  12. value
    regard highly; think much of
  13. insult
    treat, mention, or speak to rudely
  14. scholar
    a learned person
  15. rascal
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  16. wrest
    obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
  17. swift
    moving very fast
  18. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  19. revive
    cause to regain consciousness
Created on Wed Jul 20 14:45:07 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Aug 16 10:44:38 EDT 2016)

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