Wes Moore Intro vocabulary

It is unsettling how little separates us from a completely different life.

Unsettling means

• suprising

• disturbing

• mortifying

• gestational

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When we were kids, it was our ritual to punch each other in the arm every time we had to ride in the backseat together. Ritual means

• agreement

• bond

• something you do the same way every time

• a bad idea

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I frantically tried to conceal myself under the covers. Conceal means

• to hide

• to find

• to improve

• to sneak

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She mimicked the way her classmates spoke so she would lose her accent.

Mimicked means

• laughed at

• copied in speech

• envied

• acted out silently

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I walked into a volatile situation when I found 2 girls arguing over a boy in the bathroom. Volatile means

• scary

• highly unstable; likely to explode

• ordinary

• perpetual

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He accumulated a lot of debt by buying things with credit cards.

Accumulate means

• to build up or increase in number

• to pay off

• to make the same bad decision repeatedly

• to accentuate

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It was empowering to learn that she could change her life.

Empower means

• to encourage

• to make someone confident or powerful

• to endow

• to make someone feel hopeless

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She had an intriguing idea I had never heard before.

Intriguing means

• powerful

• mesmerized

• hopeful

• interesting

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You've reached a crucial point in your life where you must start working to create the future you want. Crucial means

• adolescent

• frightening

• important

• crabbical

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Our paths diverged after my next door neighbor joined a gang.

Diverge means

• to divide

• to erase

• to cross over

• to go in a different direction

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