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Heroes: Yesterday and TodayVocabulary
Shining Star, Book A
UNIT 5, Part 1
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
p. 181
beliefs
• Nelson Mandela lived by his beliefs. Because of his refusal to abandon these ideas and values, he went to jail.
• ideas and values
deeds
• Mandela is internationally famous because of his brave deeds. He took these actions to help his people.
• actions; things a person does
imprisoned
• Some heroes, such as Mandela, Gandhi, and Joan of Arc, have been imprisoned and have spent years in jail.
• jailed
passive resistance
• Gandhi taught people how to show their objection to something through passive resistance, or nonviolent confrontation.
• non violent confrontation
social justice
• Benito Juarez was interested in social justice, especially the rights of native peoples.
• the rights and equality of people
tolerance
• People all get along better if they have greater tolerance for others. We have to accept other people’s right to be different from us.
• acceptance of other people’s rights to be different
Heroes: Yesterday and Today
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patriot
• a person who is very loyal to his or her country
burned at the stake
• put to death by tying to a post and burning
superintendent
• manager, chief
industrialist
• owner or manager of a factory or industrial company
brutality
• cruelty, viciousness
concentration camps
• places where the Nazis killed Jews and other people in World War II
apartheid
• a system in which different races in a country are separated
inspired
• caused; created
lepers
• people with leprosy, a skin disease
descendants
• grandchildren; great-grandchildren, etc
banned
• made illegal
abolished
• got rid of
circumstances
• events; situations
borders
• official lines that separate two countries
disasters
• horrible events that cause great damage and death
administrators
• people who manage businesses or organizations
nutrition
• nourishment; eating healthful foods
sanitation
• hygiene; cleanliness
atrocities
• extremely violent actions
founders
• people who start organizations or companies
hijackers
• people who illegally take control of an airplane
exploded
• burst into fire and small pieces; blew up