"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 22

This list focuses on the Vietnam War years (Unit 6, Chapter 22).

Here are links to all the chapters in Unit 6, Living with Great Turmoil: Chapter 20, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, Chapter 23

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  1. peasant
    one of a class of agricultural laborers
  2. orchestrate
    plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
  3. relinquish
    part with a possession or right
  4. domino
    a small rectangular block used in playing a game
  5. theory
    a tentative insight into the natural world
  6. accord
    a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
  7. retreat
    withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
  8. hamlet
    a community of people smaller than a village
  9. chaos
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  10. torpedo
    a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile
  11. sustained
    continued at length without interruption or weakening
  12. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  13. terrain
    a piece of ground having specific characteristics
  14. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  15. ambush
    the act of hiding and waiting to make a surprise attack
  16. sweltering
    excessively hot and humid; marked by sweating and faintness
  17. attrition
    a wearing down to weaken or destroy
  18. toxic
    of or relating to or caused by a poison
  19. saturation
    the process of totally infusing something with a substance
  20. uproot
    move forcibly from a homeland into a new foreign environment
  21. credibility
    the quality of being believable or trustworthy
  22. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  23. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  24. galvanize
    stimulate to action
  25. turmoil
    a violent disturbance
  26. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  27. traumatic
    psychologically painful
  28. divisive
    causing or characterized by disagreement or disunity
  29. quagmire
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  30. gradual
    proceeding in small stages
  31. clout
    special advantage or influence
  32. platoon
    a military unit that is a subdivision of a company
  33. campus
    a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
  34. disillusionment
    freeing from false belief
  35. cynicism
    a pessimistic feeling of distrust
Created on Wed Nov 16 12:33:49 EST 2016 (updated Wed Nov 23 10:31:05 EST 2016)

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