| A | B |
| anniversary | NOUN - the date when something important or special happened in the past |
| observe | VERB - 1. look at something carefully 2. celebrate a holiday or follow a particular custom |
| cemetery | NOUN - an area of land where dead people are buried |
| pass away | VERB- to die |
| solemn | ADJ - very serious and sad |
| festive | ADJ - happy or cheerful, like a celebration |
| ritual | NOUN- a ceremony or set of actions that is always done in the same way |
| mourn | VERB - to feel sad when someone dies and show this in your behavior |
| grief | NOUN - deep sadness, especially because someone has died (VERB - grieve) |
| lonely | ADJ - unhappy because you are alone |
| memorial | done to remind people of someone who has died |
| shortly | soon |
| civil war | a war between different groups of people in the same country |
| honor | to treat someone with respect |
| soldier | a member of the military |
| battle | a fight between two armies (smaller than a war) |
| chosen | past participle of "choose" |
| expand | become larger; increase in size |
| in order to | so that something can happen |
| treaty | an official agreement between countries |
| basically | used when we give the most important reason or fact about something |
| gather | come together; meet |
| seem | appear to be a particular thing or to have a particular quality or feeling |
| treat | to behave toward someone in a particular way |
| behavior | actions; the way you do things and say things |
| display | show |
| quite | very |
| feast | a big meal |
| bury | to put a dead body into a grave |
| average | standard; regular |
| range | vary (from a minimum to a maximum amount) |
| laughter | NOUN for the verb "laugh" |
| prayer | words that you say to god |
| variety | a mixture of different thigns |