Georgia Vocabulary Lists

Vocabulary – Herschel Walker

Vocabulary – John Forsyth Secretary of State Noun United States government official in charge of foreign affairs. Attorney General Noun the chief law officer of a state, and its government’s chief legal adviser Appointed /i>Verb Officially give someone a political office/job Negotiated Verb to attempt to come to an agreement on something through discussion and […]

Vocabulary – Frank Yerby Unheard Society Alienation Struck Critics Commercial Racism Imposed Exile Glossary Unheard: adjective; shocking, never heard of before Society: noun; a structured community of people bound together by similar traditions, institutions, or nationality Alienation: verb; to cause somebody to change his or her previously friendly or supportive attitude and become unfriendly, unsympathetic, […]

Vocabulary – R.E.M. Quintessential Thriving Alternative Headquarters Audiences Commercial Rave Contract Unprecedented Inducted Glossary Quintessential: noun; the most perfect example of something Thriving: verb; growing, doing very well Alternative: adjective; unconventional, outside the establishment. In this case a form of music that is different than mainstream music. Headquarters: noun; main area or office. Audiences: noun; […]

Vocabulary – Fanny Kemble Outspoken: adjective; uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve Opponent: noun; adversary, rival, enemy Slaveholder: noun; someone who owns slaves Namesake: noun; somebody or something with the same name as somebody or something else Distress: noun; mental suffering, e.g. that caused by grief, anxiety, or unhappiness Deepened: verb; to become […]

Vocabulary – FDR Establishes Thanksgiving Tradition Pilgrims Harvest Routinely Marked Declare Firmly Glossary Tradition: noun; a long-established action or pattern of behavior in a community or group of people, often one that has been handed down from generation to generation Pilgrims: noun; any of the English Puritans who founded Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620. […]

Vocabulary – James Wright Chief Justice Invested Dampened Erupted Treaties Evacuated Frontiers Glossary Chief Justice: noun; Judge presiding over the highest court in that colony Invested: verb; to spend money on something in the hope of a future return or benefit Dampened: verb; to deaden or stifle something, or become deadened or stifled Erupted: verb; […]

Vocabulary – Ted Turner Affectionately Landscape Enterprise Flamboyant Expanding Singlehandedly Beamed Reshaped Glossary Affectionately: adjective; loving, feeling or showing affection. Landscape: noun; general situation of activity. the general situation providing the background to a particular type of activity Enterprise: noun; a commercial company Expanding: verb; to become or make something become larger in size, scope, […]

Vocabulary – Albany Civil Rights Movement Objective Coalition Brutality Registration Desegregation Mobilized Demonstrators Statutes Formidable Tactics Parceling Glossary Objective: noun; a goal or purpose Desegregation: verb; to put an end to a customary or enforced separation of ethnic or racial groups in a place or institution, e.g. in a workplace or school Formidable: adjective; difficult […]

Vocabulary – Robert Sengstacke Abbott Lawyer Journalism Migration Lynching Decade Voiceless Culture Lawyer: noun; somebody qualified to practice law, a qualified professional adviser on legal matters who can represent clients in court. Journalism: noun; the profession of gathering, editing, and publishing news reports and related articles for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio Decade: noun; a […]