Unit 2: Cluster 3

Edge: Level C, Volume 1, Unit 2, Cluster 3.

Here are links to the other clusters within Unit 2: "La Vida Robot" and "Reading, Writing and... Recreation", "My Left Foot" and "Success Is a Mind-Set", "The Freedom Writers Diary" and "Strength, Courage, and Wisdom"
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  1. perception
    the process of becoming aware through the senses
  2. utopia
    ideally perfect state
  3. proportion
    harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
  4. tolerance
    willingness to respect the beliefs or practices of others
  5. facade
    a showy misrepresentation to conceal something unpleasant
  6. ballistic
    of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum
  7. alienation
    the feeling of being separated from other people
  8. fatalistic
    accepting that everything that happens is inevitable
  9. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
  10. segue
    changing smoothly from one state or situation to another
  11. chronicle
    record in order or make a historical record of
  12. annex
    an addition that extends a main building
  13. dictatorship
    a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
  14. commiserate
    feel or express sympathy or compassion
  15. ethnicity
    an affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
  16. empathize
    be understanding of
  17. segregation
    a social system that provides different facilities for minority groups
  18. integrate
    open up to members of all races and ethnic groups
  19. barricade
    prevent access to by blocking off with barriers
  20. bigot
    a prejudiced person who is intolerant of differing opinions
  21. victim
    an unfortunate person who suffers from adverse circumstances
  22. elusive
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
Created on Wed Jul 20 17:29:00 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Aug 16 10:52:48 EDT 2016)

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