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Vocab 2 - Hispanic Heritage Month Project
Vocabulary 2 - Hispanic Heritage Month Project
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10th Grade
10/31/2009

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chocolate
Definition
a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla
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armadillo
Definition
any of several omnivorous, burrowing, edentate mammals (family Dasypodidae), native to southern North America and South America and characterized by an armorlike covering consisting of jointed bony plates
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cafeteria
Definition
a dining area, as at a school or office building, where meals may be purchased or brought from home and eaten
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tornado
Definition
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, esp. in the midwest, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris
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banana
Definition
the elongated, edible fruit, having a thick yellowish to reddish skin and white, aromatic, seedless pulp
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patio
Definition
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc
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animal
Definition
an animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal
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anaconda
Definition
a South American boa, Eunectes murinus, that often grows to a length of more than 25 ft
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catastrophe
Definition
a sudden and widespread disaster
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cereal
Definition
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn
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diversity
Definition
the fact or quality of being different
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heritage
Definition
something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth
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acculturation
Definition
the process, or result of, adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group
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marginalize
Definition
to relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge, as of social standing
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ethnocentric
Definition
assuming the supremacy of European Americans and their values and traditions
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discrimination
Definition
treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit
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prejudice
Definition
an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason
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stereotyping
Definition
assumptions about someone by attributing to that person those characteristics we associate with that group
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ethnicity
Definition
membership in a subgroup within an environment dominated by another culture
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barrier
Definition
anything that restrains or obstructs progress, access, etc.
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