Borders: unit vocab

This vocabulary comes from Khan Academy's Unit 1 Lesson 1 on 9th-grade reading and language arts. It can greatly benefit homeschoolers or people who want to learn more material/ahead.

Advocate

to support an idea

Barrier

obstruction; something that makes it difficult to get something done

Checkpoint

a place where vehicles and people are searched by an authority figure before they are allowed to move on

Restriction

a controlling rule or law; regulation

Impose

inflict, dictate

Imprint

impression

Lament

to express sadness or regret

Abundance

a great amount

Prosperity

wealth

Unprecedented

not experienced before

Profound

intense, serious

Afflict

to cause suffering; torment, burden

Deterrence

the act of keeping people from behaving in a particular way or from doing something you don’t want them to do

Fundamental

basic, essential