impediment
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something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progresssynonyms: barrière, belemmering, beletsel, bezwaar, drempel, handicap, hindernis, hinderpaal, hobbel, obstakel, rem, struikelblok, struikelsteen, verhinderingtypes:kleilaagsomething that hinders as if with bondswegversperringany condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
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In his short story, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. makes fun of the goal of equality. He creates a society where people are born with different abilities but are deliberately handicapped by the government to make them the same and prevent competition. Cover your ears while you learn this list, because you might get hurt if you get too smart. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 8 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Grant and Lee, Harrison Bergeron, The Giver, Banned Books Week, Fatal Text Message, Distracted Driving, How the Brain Reacts, Cellphones and driving
Arnold Spirit, Jr., a young cartoonist who lives on the Spokane Indian reservation, decides to transfer to a school in which he will be the only American Indian student.
Influenced by the duplicitous Iago, Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, begins to doubt his wife's faithfulness.