ELA DITS VOCAB

Refugee - a person without anywhere to go typically caused by conflict

Implied - suggested but not directly expressed; implicit

Tedious - long and boring

Blood Diamonds - diamonds used to pay for war

Prosthetic - not real/fake

Persecuted - murdered

Siege - blockade / prolonged period of misfortune

Subsidized - supported or helped financially

Loathed - Hated or Disliked

Competent - Able to comprehend things

Machete - knife

Exquisitely - delightfully

Circuitous - long route or journey

Hideously - not visibly pleasing

Famine - A very long time without food

Insanity - crazy

Contaminated - poisoned

Convictions - a firmly held opinion

Plague - a disease

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