First POWs at Andersonville

Vocabulary – First POWs at Andersonville

Notorious
Adjective
Famous for something bad
Halt
Noun
An end of temporary stop
Horrific
Adjective
frightening or disturbing enough to cause horror
Exposure
Noun
Contact with the environment that has a harmful or beneficial effect
Unsanitary
Adjective
Dirty or unhygienic and likely to cause disease
Mortality Rate
Noun
the number of deaths in a place or group compared with the total number of people in that place or group
Bore
Verb
To take on a burden and blame
Brunt
Noun
The main force of something
Commemorating
Verb
To remember something ceremonially or to set up a memorial to something or someone