2-5 Flashcards
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DAUNT
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- To make someone feel frightened or discouraged
EX. Gregory says that math daunts him, but he is actually very good at math.
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COMMODITY
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- A product that is bought and sold 2. Some thing useful or valued.
EX. Time is a previous commodity
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DIRE
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- Dreadful or urgent
EX. After falling into the pool, James was in dire need for a change of clothes
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DISPLACE
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- Lacking a home country etc. 2. Forced to remove from their usual or proper home.
EX. The flood displaced hundreds of people when it destroyed the towns sewer system.
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HAVEN
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- A harbor 2. A safe place to protect from danger or trouble
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HUMANITARIAN
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- To do with helping people and releasing suffering
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NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
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- A group nat associated with those that the govern a country
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PERSECUTION
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- The cruel and unfair treatment of some one