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Week 17 - Memorial Day & Remembering the Dead

AB
anniversaryNOUN - the date when something important or special happened in the past
observeVERB - 1. look at something carefully 2. celebrate a holiday or follow a particular custom
cemeteryNOUN - an area of land where dead people are buried
pass awayVERB- to die
solemnADJ - very serious and sad
festiveADJ - happy or cheerful, like a celebration
ritualNOUN- a ceremony or set of actions that is always done in the same way
mournVERB - to feel sad when someone dies and show this in your behavior
griefNOUN - deep sadness, especially because someone has died (VERB - grieve)
lonelyADJ - unhappy because you are alone
memorialdone to remind people of someone who has died
shortlysoon
civil wara war between different groups of people in the same country
honorto treat someone with respect
soldiera member of the military
battlea fight between two armies (smaller than a war)
chosenpast participle of "choose"
expandbecome larger; increase in size
in order toso that something can happen
treatyan official agreement between countries
basicallyused when we give the most important reason or fact about something
gathercome together; meet
seemappear to be a particular thing or to have a particular quality or feeling
treatto behave toward someone in a particular way
behavioractions; the way you do things and say things
displayshow
quitevery
feasta big meal
buryto put a dead body into a grave
averagestandard; regular
rangevary (from a minimum to a maximum amount)
laughterNOUN for the verb "laugh"
prayerwords that you say to god
varietya mixture of different thigns


Liz Flynn

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