Unit 1: Selection Vocabulary 2

This list covers Red Scarf Girl and Hatchet.
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  1. expose
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
    They were going to expose my family in front of my teachers and classmates.
  2. revolutionary
    markedly new or introducing radical change
    “As I told you before, you are your own person. If you want to make a clean break with your black family, then you can be an educable child and we will welcome you to our revolutionary ranks.”
  3. testify
    provide evidence for
    “We want you to testify against your father at the struggle meeting.”
  4. critical
    marked by a tendency to find and call attention to flaws
    He must have made comments critical of Chairman Mao and the Cultural Revolution.
  5. severe
    very harsh or strict, especially when dealing with others
    “You can break with your family and follow Chairman Mao, or you can follow your father and become an enemy of the people.” His voice grew more severe.
  6. extensive
    large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
    When a plane went down they mounted extensive searches and almost always they found the plane within a day or two.
  7. amphibious
    operating or living on land and in water
    Probably come in here with amphibious planes, small bushplanes with floats that could land right here on the lake and pick him up and take him home.
  8. obvious
    easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
    There was nothing obvious to eat and aside from about a million birds and the beaver he hadn't seen animals to trap and cook, and even if he got one somehow he didn't have any matches so he couldn't have a fire.
  9. motivated
    strongly driven to succeed or achieve something
    Brian thought of him now—wondered how to stay positive and stay on top of this. All Perpich would say is that I have to get motivated. He was always telling kids to get motivated.
  10. asset
    a useful or valuable quality
    Perpich used to drum that into them—"You are your most valuable asset. Don't forget that. You are the best thing you have."
Created on Fri Nov 06 13:07:09 EST 2020 (updated Wed Nov 11 14:22:52 EST 2020)

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