Unit 8: Grand Canyon Speech

Learn these words from the speech by Theodore Roosevelt (Inside: Level B, Unit 8).

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  1. wonder
    something that causes feelings of amazement
  2. absolutely
    totally and definitely; without question
  3. unparalleled
    radically distinctive and without equal
  4. brink
    the edge of a steep place
  5. canyon
    a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
  6. mar
    destroy or injure severely
  7. grandeur
    the quality of being magnificent or splendid
  8. sublimity
    nobility in thought or feeling or style
  9. pardon
    grant release from punishment for an offense
  10. generation
    all the people living at the same time or of the same age
  11. scenery
    the appearance of a place
  12. benefit
    something that aids or promotes well-being
  13. irrigation
    the act of supplying dry land with water by artificial means
  14. speculator
    one who makes risky investments in the hopes of high profits
  15. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
Created on Thu Jul 28 13:31:03 EDT 2016 (updated Thu Jul 28 14:09:13 EDT 2016)

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