Georgia Vocabulary Lists

Margaret Mitchell

Vocabulary – Margaret Mitchell Byline Dubbed Pulitzer Prize Manuscript Glossary Byline; noun, the name of the author of an article in a newspaper or magazine, printed at the head of the article Dubbed; verb, to give somebody or something a nickname: to give a descriptive nickname to somebody or something. Pulitzer Prize; Annual awards by […]

Andrew Young

Vocabulary – Andrew Young Icon Ambassador Appoint Pivotal Desegregation Instrumental Assassinated Glossary Icon; noun, somebody famous for something: somebody or something widely and uncritically admired, especially somebody or something symbolizing a movement or field of activity Ambassador; noun, a diplomatic official of the highest rank sent by one country as its long-term representative to another […]

Newt Gingrich

Vocabulary – Newt Gingrich Polarizing Republican Partisan Debates Conservative Opposition Resignation Era Polarizing; verb, to make the differences between groups or ideas ever more clear-cut and extreme, hardening the opposition between them, or become ever more clear-cut and extreme in this way Republican; adjective, belonging to or supporting the Republican Party in the United States […]

Sonny Perdue

Vocabulary – Sonny Perdue Baby Boomer Doctorate Resume Tailor-made Incumbent Stranglehold Reconstruction Glossary Baby Boomer: noun, A baby boomer is a person who was born during the demographic Post- World War II baby boom and who grew up during the 1960s and 1970s. Doctorate; noun, the highest level of university degree, usually awarded for a […]

Georgia State Capitol

Vocabulary – Georgia State Capitol Quarters Firm Cornerstone Liberty Gilded Glossary Quarters: noun; accommodations, a place to live or meet Firm: noun; commercial group, a group of people who form a commercial organization selling goods or services. Cornerstone: noun; stone at the corner of two walls Liberty: noun; freedom from captivity or slavery, the freedom […]

Destruction of Atlanta

Vocabulary – Destruction of Atlanta Gateway Seaboard Evacuating Torched Ruins Destruction Glossary Gateway: noun; an entry point, a means of access to something or someplace Seaboard: noun; land near a seacoast. An area with easy access to the sea Evacuating: verb; to leave a place of danger and go somewhere safer Torched: verb; set on […]

Bobby Dodd

Vocabulary – Bobby Dodd Inducted Tailback Archrival Philosophy Creed Sportsmanship Unique Glossary Inducted: verb; formally give someone a position, to install somebody formally into a position or office. Tailback: noun; offensive back, in football the offensive back positioned farthest behind the line of scrimmage Archrival: noun; main rival, somebody’s main or most dangerous rival Philosophy: […]

Henry Wirz

Vocabulary — Henry Wirz Commandant Swelled Impose Malnutrition Mortality rate Tribunal Conspiracy Glossary Commandant: noun; officer in charge, an officer in command of a military organization Swelled: verb; transitive and intransitive verb to become, or make something, larger, fuller, or rounder, or expand in size or shape, usually as a result of pressure from within […]

Iranian Hostage Crisis

Vocabulary – Iranian Hostage Crisis Crisis Tarnished Fulminated Relentlessly Humiliating Fatally Glossary Militants Deposed Revolution Negotiations Frequent Hostages Glossary Crisis: noun; a situation or period in which things are very uncertain, difficult, or painful, especially a time when action must be taken to avoid complete disaster or breakdown Tarnished: verb; to damage somebody’s reputation or […]

Vocabulary -Cynthia McKinney

Vocabulary -Cynthia McKinney Fiery Speculating Prior Altercation Outspoken Glossary Fiery: adjective; showing intense emotion, full of or prone to sudden extremes of emotions Speculating: verb; consider possibilities, to think over possibilities Prior: adjective; earlier in time or sequence Altercation: noun; a heated argument, quarrel, or confrontation Outspoken: adjective; expressing opinions directly, frankly, and fearlessly