Collection 1: Bonne Annee

As you read Jean-Pierre Benoit's "Bonne Annee," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 8's Collection 1: My Favorite Chaperone, Bonne Annee, A Place to Call Home, The Latehomecomer
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  1. predominate
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  2. destiny
    a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future
  3. incidental
    not of prime or central importance
  4. adamant
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  5. persist
    continue to exist
  6. coup
    a sudden and decisive change of government by force
  7. persecution
    causing someone to suffer
  8. refugee
    an exile who flees for safety
  9. dispossessed
    physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
  10. exile
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  11. reign
    a period during which something or somebody is dominant
  12. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  13. natal
    relating to or accompanying birth
  14. jubilant
    joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
  15. regime
    the governing authority of a political unit
Created on Thu Jun 26 21:46:03 EDT 2014 (updated Sat Jun 28 09:57:32 EDT 2014)

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