Y8 EOY Flashcards
Isolation
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. (Being alone / apart
from others.
Sadness because one has no friends or company.
Loneliness
Racism
Racism is the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and
the behaviour which is the result of this belief.
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
Segregation
Nomadic
A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or
better living conditions.
Occurring in cycles; recurrent.
Cyclical
Hierarchy
A system in which members of an organisation or society are ranked
according to relative status or authority.
To marginalize a group of people means to make them feel isolated and
unimportant.
Marginalisation
American Dream
The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American,
allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.
A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
The Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust
and eroded, especially because of drought or unsuitable farming
practice.
Preposition
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other elements in a sentence, indicating things like location, direction, time, or possession.
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun by giving more information about its quality, quantity, or state.
Adjective
Adverb
An adverb is a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb, often indicating how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.
A word that expresses action, occurrence, or state of being in a sentence. It typically describes what someone or something does or indicates a state of existence.
Verb
Noun
A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.
Pronoun
