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.