Unit 4: English Language Development Texts

This list covers "Narrative of the Life of Ada Lee, an American Farm Girl" and "Catherine’s Calling."
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  1. enroll
    register formally as a participant or member
    Even though the school was far away and the workload might be too hard for me given my limited education, I was determined to enroll.
  2. incomprehensible
    difficult to understand
    They were filled with incomprehensible legal terminology that I hadn’t much use for when I was back home.
  3. terminology
    a system of words used to name things in a discipline
    They were filled with incomprehensible legal terminology that I hadn’t much use for when I was back home.
  4. earnest
    not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
    It was my earnest desire that we would open a law office together and continue working side by side.
  5. grieve
    feel intense sorrow, especially due to a loss
    I spent my days bored, grieving for the career I’d never have.
  6. eager
    having or showing keen interest or intense desire
    A young woman listened with eager ears to the words of President Abraham Lincoln.
  7. graveyard
    a tract of land used for burials
    Catherine looked at the families gathered in the graveyard at Gettysburg to hear the president’s address.
  8. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
    She yearned to give them comfort, but she did not know how.
  9. patriotism
    love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
    She imagined herself fighting bravely to preserve the Union. Patriotism burned in her chest.
  10. barrage
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area
    Now that she had begun work at the field hospital, gunfire thundered around her. The barrage was interrupted only by screams.
  11. noble
    having high or elevated character
    Catherine tried to tell herself that it was a noble act.
  12. siege
    an action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place
    She would return when the siege was over.
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