VP 3 Unit 1 A President's Address alla ord

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• inaugural first, opening
• humbled made to feel less important
• bestow give
• sacrifice giving up something to benefit others
• bear endure, tolerate
• ancestor family member who lived a long time ago
• transition process of change
• rising tides of increases in
• amidst in the middle of
• raging forceful, violent
• high office leading position, top job
• ideals ideas about what is right
• forebears ancestors
• founding documents historical papers relating to the creation of the US
• in the midst of in the middle of
• far-reaching having a great effect
• hatred strong dislike
• greed wanting more than you need
• age period of history, era
• shed get rid of
• adversary enemy, opponent
• subject to dependent on, informed by
• sap weaken
• nagging persistent and worrying
• decline fall, weakening
• inevitable impossible to avoid
• sights ambitions, expectations
• span of time period of time
• unity agreement
• discord disagreement
• proclaim say something publicly
• petty unimportant
• grievance complaint
• recriminations criticizing someone who has criticized you
• dogma belief, principle
• strangle stop something developing
• Scripture the Bible
• reaffirm state something again
• enduring lasting
• precious valuable
• pursue try to achieve
• settle for accept
• faint-hearted not brave
• leisure free time
• doer an active person who achieves things
• rugged difficult
• worldly possessions everything you own
• toil work hard
• sweatshop factory with bad working conditions
• time and again often, repeatedly
• raw very sore, painful
• faction minority group
• prosperous rich and successful
• inventive creative
• goods objects to be sold
• undiminished not reduced
• stand pat remain unchanged
• remake make again, in a different way
• foundation basis, structure
• electric grid network for distributing electricity
• restore bring back, re-establish
• wield use
• harness control and make use of
• soil part of the earth where plants grow
• common general, shared
• Founding Fathers the people who made the US a country
• peril danger, risk
• draft write
• charter official document describing laws and rights
• expedience doing what is easy rather than morally right
• sake purpose, benefit
• peoples nations
• grand large, impressive
• face down confront, stand up to
• sturdy strong
• alliance union, pact between countries
• conviction belief
• entitle someone to give someone the right to
• emanate from come from
• justness fairness
• cause aim, principle
• temper make milder, less extreme
• humility behaving in a humble way
• legacy something that exists as a result of a past event/action
• forge develop, create
• foe enemy
• roll back reduce
• specter an unpleasant possibility
• waver hesitate, weaken
• advance try to reach
• patchwork something made up of many different parts
• heritage inheritance, tradition
• swill liquid waste
• humanity sympathy towards other people
• mutual shared
• globe the world
• sow create, introduce
• judge form an opinion about
• destroy ruin, tear down
• deceit dishonesty, tricking people
• silence make quiet
• dissent strong disagreement with general opinion
• willing agreeable, enthusiastic
• unclench here open
• pledge promise
• flourish develop and be successful
• flow run freely
• nourish feed
• plenty large quantities of food
• indifference lack of interest/sympathy
• suffering pain
• consume use up
• without regard to without considering
• gratitude feeling thankful
• Arlington a military cemetery in the US
• guardian person who guards something
• embody be a symbol of
• service duty
• inhabit live in
• determination pursuing a goal without giving up
• rely upon need
• levee a wall built to stop a river flooding
• selflessness the opposite of being selfish
• nurture take care of
• fair play honest behaviour, fairness
• grudgingly not willingly
• satisfying pleasing
• citizenship belonging to a country
• destiny fate
• creed a set of beliefs
• magnificent very impressive/beautiful
• mall promenade, public walkway
• remembrance memory of an event
• huddle sit tight
• shores edge
• outcome final result
• virtue good personal qualities
• hardship pain, suffering
• brave endure, face up to
• grace love and kindness (of God)

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