Collection 2: In a Scattered Protest, Saudi Women Take the Wheel

As you read Neil MacFarquhar and Dina Salah Amer's "In a Scattered Protest, Saudi Women Take the Wheel," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 12's Collection 2: The Wife of Bath's Tale, Mallam Sile, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Saudi Women Take the Wheel, The Men We Carry in Our Minds
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  1. defiance
    an act boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
  2. confrontation
    a hostile disagreement face-to-face
  3. admonish
    counsel in terms of someone's behavior
  4. inception
    an event that is a beginning
  5. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  6. underscore
    give extra weight to
  7. fatwa
    a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
  8. initiative
    the first of a series of actions
  9. liberate
    give equal rights to
  10. confiscate
    take temporary possession of a security by legal authority
  11. outspoken
    given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
  12. brand
    accuse or condemn openly or formally
  13. opposition
    a body of people united against something
  14. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  15. lag
    hang or fall in movement, progress, development, etc.
Created on Fri Jul 04 00:46:25 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Jul 04 11:34:11 EDT 2014)

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