"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 17

This list focuses on the United States in World War II (Unit 5, Chapter 17).

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  1. recruit
    a recently enlisted soldier
  2. volunteer
    a person who freely enlists for military service
  3. auxiliary
    furnishing added support
  4. defense
    the act of guarding someone or something against attack
  5. contractor
    someone who is hired to build things
  6. stamina
    enduring strength and energy
  7. physicist
    a scientist trained in the science of matter and energy
  8. earmark
    give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  9. ration
    distribute in fixed allowances
  10. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
  11. scarce
    deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
  12. operation
    activity by a military or naval force
  13. resistance
    the military action of combating the enemy's advance
  14. surveillance
    close observation of a person or group
  15. distinguished
    standing above others in character or attainment
  16. citation
    an official award usually given as formal public statement
  17. elite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior status
  18. concession
    the act of yielding
  19. unconditional
    not modified or restricted
  20. surrender
    the act of giving up
  21. capitulation
    the act of surrendering, usually under agreed conditions
  22. victory
    a successful ending of a struggle or contest
  23. destruction
    the termination of something by causing irreparable damage
  24. radiation
    energy transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
  25. influx
    the process of flowing in
  26. veteran
    a person who has served in the armed forces
  27. trigger
    put in motion or move to act
  28. transition
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
  29. tension
    feelings of hostility that are not manifest
  30. riot
    a state of disorder involving group violence
  31. sabotage
    a deliberate act of destruction or disruption
  32. subversion
    the act of overthrowing or destroying, as a government
  33. evacuate
    move people from their homes or country
  34. internment
    confinement during wartime
  35. restitution
    a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Created on Wed Nov 16 12:23:50 EST 2016 (updated Mon Nov 21 12:32:39 EST 2016)

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