Borders: unit vocab
FROM KHAN ACADEMY (copy and paste)
Borders are meant to be for the well-being of people but are they or is it just sometimes?
Word: advocate
(verb)
Definition: to support an idea
Sample Sentence: Monique was the only mayor to advocate for taking down the border wall.
Word: barrier
(noun)
Definition: obstruction; something that makes it difficult to get something done.
Sample Sentence: Senator Garvey wanted to remove international trade barriers so that it was easier to import goods from Cuba.
Word: checkpoint
(noun)
Definition: a place where vehicles and people are searched by an authority figure before they are allowed to move on
Sample Sentence: We had to stop at a security checkpoint before we could enter the academy.
Word: restriction
(noun)
Definition: a controlling rule or law; regulation
Sample Sentence: During the outbreak, the government started to dictate new travel restrictions.
Word: impose
(verb)
Definition: inflict, dictate
Sample Sentence: I hope that the principal doesn’t impose a cell phone ban.
Word: imprint
(noun)
Definition: impression
Sample Sentence: The president's speech about tearing down the Berlin Wall left quite an imprint on his audience.
Word: lament
(verb)
Definition: to express sadness or regret
Sample Sentence: Ernesto lamented the fact that his mom put up a fence to keep wildlife out because he loved watching the rabbits hop across the lawn.
Word: abundance
(noun)
Definition: a great amount
Sample Sentence: There was an abundance of rocks in the field, so it was easy for Mrs. Chen to build a stone wall.
Word: prosperity
(noun)
Definition: wealth
Sample Sentence: “Hard work is the key to prosperity,” My uncle said. “You cannot expect to make any money without working hard.”
Word: unprecedented
(adjective)
Definition: not experienced before
Sample Sentence: Officials didn’t comment on the new border wall, except to say that “we live in unprecedented times where what was normal yesterday is not normal today.”
Word: profound
(adjective)
Definition: intense, serious
Sample Sentence: Ms. Mousawi asked her class, “Does anything make more of a profound statement than a barbed wire fence?”
Word: afflict
(verb)
Definition: to cause suffering; torment, burden
Sample Sentence: Horatio worried that the longer working hours would especially afflict the already exhausted security guards.
Word: deterrence
(noun)
Definition: the act of keeping people from behaving in a particular way or from doing something you don’t want them to do
Sample Sentence: China’s Great Wall provided a deterrence against enemy invaders.
Word: fundamental
(noun)
Definition: basic, essential
Sample Sentence: Some argue that border walls are fundamental to maintaining national security.
FROM KHAN ACADEMY (copy and paste)
Borders are meant to be for the well-being of people but are they or is it just sometimes?
Word: advocate
(verb)
Definition: to support an idea
Sample Sentence: Monique was the only mayor to advocate for taking down the border wall.
Word: barrier
(noun)
Definition: obstruction; something that makes it difficult to get something done.
Sample Sentence: Senator Garvey wanted to remove international trade barriers so that it was easier to import goods from Cuba.
Word: checkpoint
(noun)
Definition: a place where vehicles and people are searched by an authority figure before they are allowed to move on
Sample Sentence: We had to stop at a security checkpoint before we could enter the academy.
Word: restriction
(noun)
Definition: a controlling rule or law; regulation
Sample Sentence: During the outbreak, the government started to dictate new travel restrictions.
Word: impose
(verb)
Definition: inflict, dictate
Sample Sentence: I hope that the principal doesn’t impose a cell phone ban.
Word: imprint
(noun)
Definition: impression
Sample Sentence: The president's speech about tearing down the Berlin Wall left quite an imprint on his audience.
Word: lament
(verb)
Definition: to express sadness or regret
Sample Sentence: Ernesto lamented the fact that his mom put up a fence to keep wildlife out because he loved watching the rabbits hop across the lawn.
Word: abundance
(noun)
Definition: a great amount
Sample Sentence: There was an abundance of rocks in the field, so it was easy for Mrs. Chen to build a stone wall.
Word: prosperity
(noun)
Definition: wealth
Sample Sentence: “Hard work is the key to prosperity,” My uncle said. “You cannot expect to make any money without working hard.”
Word: unprecedented
(adjective)
Definition: not experienced before
Sample Sentence: Officials didn’t comment on the new border wall, except to say that “we live in unprecedented times where what was normal yesterday is not normal today.”
Word: profound
(adjective)
Definition: intense, serious
Sample Sentence: Ms. Mousawi asked her class, “Does anything make more of a profound statement than a barbed wire fence?”
Word: afflict
(verb)
Definition: to cause suffering; torment, burden
Sample Sentence: Horatio worried that the longer working hours would especially afflict the already exhausted security guards.
Word: deterrence
(noun)
Definition: the act of keeping people from behaving in a particular way or from doing something you don’t want them to do
Sample Sentence: China’s Great Wall provided a deterrence against enemy invaders.
Word: fundamental
(noun)
Definition: basic, essential
Sample Sentence: Some argue that border walls are fundamental to maintaining national security.
