Unit 4: Cluster 1

Edge: Level A, Volume 1, Unit 4, Cluster 1.

Here are links to the other clusters within Unit 4: "Enabling or Disabling?" and "This I Believe", "Brother Ray" and "Power of the Powerless", "He Was No Bum" and "Miss Rosie"
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  1. enable
    provide the means to perform some task
  2. avoid
    stay away from
  3. responsibility
    the social force that binds you to a course of action
  4. rescue
    free from harm or evil
  5. hectic
    marked by intense activity or agitation
  6. flunk
    fail to get a passing grade
  7. postpone
    hold back to a later time
  8. consequence
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  9. culprit
    someone or something responsible for harm or wrongdoing
  10. martyr
    one who suffers for the sake of principle
  11. guilty
    responsible for or chargeable with wrongdoing
  12. dependent
    relying on or requiring a person or thing for support
  13. relationship
    a mutual connection between people
  14. wheeze
    the act of breathing with a husky or whistling sound
  15. psychologist
    a specialist in the science of mental life
  16. sidestep
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
  17. agony
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  18. grieve
    feel intense sorrow, especially due to a loss
  19. ferocious
    marked by extreme and violent energy
  20. paralyze
    cause to be immobile
  21. mantra
    a commonly repeated word or phrase
  22. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  23. cling
    hold on tightly or tenaciously
Created on July 20, 2016 (updated August 16, 2016)

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