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1. Accomplish Ac-com-plish Part of speech: verb (action word) Definition: to accomplish is to do or succeed

at something Examples:

1. Graduating from high school is an accomplishment to be proud of.

2. Johnny wanted to accomplish the impossible.

Accomplish What would you consider to be a great

accomplishment?

How might you encourage somebody who wanted to accomplish something very difficult?

2. Enforce En-force Part of speech: verb (action word) Definition: to enforce is to make people obey

a rule or law Examples:

1. Police officers enforce the laws.2. Parents enforce their rules with punishments if any are violated.

Enforce Who enforces school rules?

School rules are regularly enforced by _____________, ___________, and _________________.

Identify some rules that are commonly enforced by parents?

3. Influential In-flu-en-tial Part of speech: adjective (describing word) Definition: to be influential is to have the

power to change things Examples:

1. Friends can be the most influential people in life.2. Parents may be the most influential individuals in a young person’s life.

Influential

Why do you think parents are normally very influential in their children’s lives?

Identify an example of a highly influential historical figure.

4. Protest Pro-test Part of speech: noun (person, place, thing, or

idea) Definition: protest is a public act or statement

against something Examples:

1. The students protested because they wanted to change the school’s lunch menu. (verb)2. Martin Luther King held a protest to eliminate discrimination in our country.3. Jane protests to her mother that the house rules are too strict. (verb)

Protest What would prompt an individual to protest?

How might protesting lead to something dangerous?

Describe a situation where a teenager might protest house rules.

5. Register Reg-is-ter Part of speech: verb (action word) Definition: to register is to enroll or sign up to

do something Examples:

1. Students registered for fall classes in August.2. When you turn eighteen, you should register to vote.3. Jane registers at Mount San Antonio College for the spring semester.

Register Why is it beneficial to register in August

instead of the first day of school?

Why would citizens feel that registering to vote is an important act?

6. Segregation Se-gre-ga-tion Part of speech: noun (an idea) Definition: the act of separating Examples:

1. Joe felt segregated when he went to the new school; he did not know a single person.

2. Racial segregation, though now against the law, was once one of the most horrible practices in the United States.

Segregation Explain why racial segregation is offensive.

What is one way that a person might fight racial segregation?

7. Federal Fe-de-ral Part of speech: adjective (a describing word) Definition: relating to the central government

of the country. Examples:

1. The Federal Government is responsible for running the whole country.2. Federal soldiers are sometime brought in to help states that have emergencies.

Federal What might be a situation where federal

troops might have to help out a struggling state?

Identify a federal job. One example of a federal job is…

8. Abdicate Ab-di-cate Part of speech: verb (an action word) Definition: to give up or abandon Examples:

1. The King abdicated the throne after losing the war.2. The protesters vowed never to abdicate to the federal government.

Abdicate

What is a situation where a person might be forced to abdicate money?

Why do you think abdicating might hurt a protesters pride?

9. Massive Mas-sive Part of speech: adjective (a describing word) Definition: very big and heavy Examples:

1. Aircraft carriers are much more massive than average ships.2. Massive cars tend to use a lot more gas than small ones.

Massive What might start a massive protest?

Why do professional football players tend to be more massive than an average person?

10. Sacred Sa-cred Part of speech: adjective (a describing word) Definition: religious or holy Examples:

1. Some people believe that the Bible is a sacred text.2. Some individuals feel that the Koran is a sacred text.

Sacred What is a site that is generally considered to

be sacred?

How might people respond if their sacred beliefs were insulted?

11. Horrified Hor-ri-fied Part of speech: Adjective (a describing word) Definition: shocked, upset, and afraid Examples:

1. Johnny was horrified when he found out that he might not graduate.

2. People were horrified during the September 11th attack.

Horrified What is a situation that is generally

considered to be horrifying?

How might a horrified person react?

12. Demonstration De-mon-stra-tion Part of speech: noun (a thing) Definition: to protest, to do something as an

example Examples:

1. Protestors held a demonstration demanding an increase in wages.2. Good teachers demonstrate how to accomplish tasks for their students.

Demonstration How might the police respond to a

demonstration that got out of hand?

Identify one reason why a group of people might demonstrate.

13. Witness Wit-ness Part of speech: verb (an action word) Definition: to see something happen. Examples:

1. The boy witnessed the mugger attack an old woman.2. Witnesses are important during a court case because they can identify criminals.

Witness

What is something that you witness on a regular basis?

How might fathers react when witnessing the birth of their children?