<p> The Watsons Go to Birmingham -1963 Ch. 5-9 plus “*1963 civil rights era” vocabulary</p><p>1. flamethrower – (N.) a weapon that shoots fire</p><p>“…and Get Shot Down over the Flint River by Captain Byron Watson and his Flamethrower of Death.”</p><p>2. peon – (N.) mean-spirited name for someone who has very “low” job</p><p>“You really gonna make me go embarrass myself by signing a welfare list for some groceries like a blanged peon?”</p><p>3. conscience- (N.) understanding right and wrong</p><p>“Leave it to Daddy Cool to torture human kids at school all day long and never have his conscience bother him, but to feel sorry for a stupid little grayish brown bird.”</p><p>4. tolerate- ( V.) put up with; accept</p><p>“Byron mumbled something. Wow! …Momma and Dad just didn’t tolerate mumbling.”</p><p>5. pinnacle- (N.) highest point; best of the best</p><p>“It’s the pinnacle of Western Civilization”</p><p>6. seniority- (N.) privilege that comes from being older</p><p>“…I’ve got seniority on you, so I get the bathroom first, deal?”</p><p>7. dispersal -( N.) being spread out or scattered 8. phonic- (adj.) - having to do with sound</p><p>“…the problem in the past with this new technology in automotive sound has been road vibrations interfering with accurate dispersal of the phonic interpretations.”</p><p>9. grasped- ( V.) understood; realized</p><p>10.haphazardly – (adverb) by chance or luck; randomly</p><p>”And I can tell by that look on your face, Mrs. Watson, that you have grasped that that speaker is not placed in the rear deck haphazardly, no, ma’am.”</p><p>11.enhance- (V.) improve; make better</p><p>“That opening is scientifically and mathematically positioned by a factory-trained technician to enhance the TT AB-700...”</p><p>12.accustomed – ( V.) get used to, comfortable or familiar with something</p><p>.”And you won’t believe this, but if you listen to any kind of music long enough, first you get accustomed to it and then you learn to like it.”</p><p>13.eavesdropped– (V.) secretly listen to another’s conversation</p><p>“I eavesdropped.”</p><p>14. offended – (V.) had feelings hurt; was insulted</p><p>“ Ooh, Kenneth, I asked her the same thing and she was highly offended.” 15.*segregation – (N.) keeping different races or groups of people apart</p><p>16. *discrimination- (N.) showing unfairness toward a group or individual </p><p>Homework:</p><p> On your own lined paper, use each vocabulary word in a sentence of your own. Think about the meaning and also if you need to alter the vocabulary word to change forms so that it fits your sentence (example: forecast---forecasting or bother--- bothered).</p><p> Be sure to underline or highlight each vocabulary word in each sentence.</p><p> Look carefully at the definition before creating each sentence</p><p> Study words and definitions for an “end of the week quiz”</p>