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Unit 7 Vocabulary: The Choice to be Amish

Unit 7 Vocabulary: The Choice to be Amish. Most definitions and example sentences are taken from either the Merrium -Webster Online Learners’s Dictionary or the NorthStar 3 Reading and Writing Book (3 rd Edition). Pious. Synonyms: godly, religious

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Unit 7 Vocabulary: The Choice to be Amish

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  1. Unit 7 Vocabulary:The Choice to be Amish Most definitions and example sentences are taken from either the Merrium-Webster Online Learners’s Dictionary or the NorthStar 3 Reading and Writing Book (3rd Edition)

  2. Pious • Synonyms: godly, religious • Adjective: deeply religious; devoted to a particular religion • The Amish are a pious people.

  3. Allow • Verb: permit to do something • Allow love to flow threw you.

  4. Convenience • Noun: things that make life easier and more comfortable • The Amish are known for living without modern conveniences such as a computer.

  5. Socialize • Synonyms: hang out, converse • Verb: to talk and do things with other people in a friendly way • The Amish meet in home-based churches and socialize with family and friends from the community.

  6. Bond • Synonym: connection, closeness • Noun: a feeling of closeness • He is trying to maintain his bonds with his family by using the Internet, but living far away has still been difficult. • Verb: to join (something) together; to form a close relationship with someone

  7. Maintain • Synonyms: keep, preserve • Verb: to keep or continue • I want to maintain my weight, so I need to eat well and exercise. • As the years pass, the Amish maintain their simple farming style.

  8. Establish • Synonyms: set up, start, found • Verb: to begin something • Pious and hardworking, the Amish established farming communities.

  9. Settle down • Synonyms: stabilize, take root • Verb: 1. to become quiet, calm, or orderly • The mother told the child to settle down. 2. to become a part of a community or region (to begin to live a quiet and steady life by getting a regular job, getting married) - The Amish settled down in the United States and Canada. - My mom is always asking me when I am going to settle down.

  10. Persecution • Synonyms: abuse, mistreatment • Noun: cruel and unfair treatment (especially because of race, religious or political beliefs). • Different groups have been persecutedfor their beliefs.

  11. Increase • Verb: to make great in size or amount • The number of Amish has not declined but has increased.

  12. Decline • Verb: to decrease; to become lower in amount or less in number • The number of Amish has not declined but has increased.

  13. Be up in the air • Verb phrase: to be unable to decide • Ruth Irene was up in the air about her decision to marry Ottie.

  14. The pros and cons • Noun phrase: good and bad sides • As Ruth and Ottie developed a friendship, she had to think about the pros and cons of being close to an outsider.

  15. The deciding factor • Noun: the most important reason • He has the opportunity to start his own business in Hong Kong. This was the deciding factor for him.

  16. Be stuck between a rock and a hard place • Verb phrase: having a hard time with a difficult choice • While she really liked Ottie, she knew that if she followed him into the outside world, she would lose her Amish relationships. She was really struck between a rock and a hard place.

  17. Turn (someone) down • Verb: to say no to someone • If she turnedOttiedown, she might never see him again.

  18. Open up a can of worms • Verb phrase: to make a problem more complicated • Don’t make things more complicated than they need to be; don’t open up a can of worms.

  19. Regret • Noun: a feeling of sadness or disappointment about something you did or didn’t do • Synonym: remorse • He knew that he would face a lifetime of regret if he did not try it. • Verb: to feel sad or sorry about • I deeply regret what I said.

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