7 Grade

Vocabulary #3
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Mr. Procter
Social Studies

 arsenal (n): a place where weapons are

stored
appeal (v): to have a case re-tried in a
higher court
martyr (n): a person who suffers death
for his/her cause

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 secession (n): the withdrawal from the

Union of 11 Southern states in the
period 186061, which brought on the
Civil War.
bombshell (n): a surprising,
sensational event

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 vigilante (n): people who take the law

into their own hands
strategy (n): the science or art of
combining and employing the means
of war in planning and directing large
military movements and operations.

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 peninsula (n): an area of land almost

completely surrounded by water except for
an isthmus connecting it with the
mainland.
campaign (n): military operations for a
specific objective.
casualty (n): wounded or dead soldiers in a
battle.

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