Group 4 Vocabulary brawl A brawl is a rough noisy fight or argument Grudge persecute To persecute someone means to harass that person over a long period of time because of race religion or lifestyle ID: 177875
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Blocks 3,7
Group 4 Vocabulary
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brawl
A brawl is a rough, noisy fight or argument. Slide3
GrudgeSlide4
persecute
To persecute someone means to harass that person over a long period of time because of race, religion, or lifestyle.
Example:
During the Holocaust, the Jews were
persecuted
because of their faith. They were harassed for many years. Slide5
prejudice
The word
prejudice
, meaning literally pre-judgment, is defined as having a preconceived opinion about something or
someone without knowing them or understanding them first.
Example:
He
was prejudiced to give her the job
based only on
her looks.
Great, you think, she got the job! But what about her qualifications? Slide6
retaliate
Mr. and Mrs.
Boongoggle
put Fido on a diet. He wasn’t happy about that at all! So he retaliated by banning them from the fridge and putting
them
on a diet!Slide7
revengeSlide8
siege
The stone wall was under siege by the warriors.
The siege was long and costly, so the battle continued…Slide9
skirmish
Mom thought we were fighting, but we were just having a little skirmish! It wasn’t a real fight!
We’re having a skirmish in soccer today. So it’s not a real game, it’s just a practice game. Slide10
stern
He gave me a stern look, and I knew he was serious!
I saw the stern expression on her face, so I quit fooling around and got back to work.Slide11
What is the difference between a brawl and a skirmish?Slide12
Explain the difference between retaliate and revenge. Is one worse than the other?