Vocab Words by Neisa https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk en-us 2014-09-01 18:30:20 UTC 2014-09-02 23:01:49 UTC hello@padlet.com throttled neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32660019 Def.= choke, strangle   

Edna Phillips, 70, was throttled with her dog's leash and stabbed or slashed 86 times.

]]> 2014-09-01 19:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32660019 Gagged neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32660411 Def.= put something in someone's mouth to stop them from speaking

The young women were bound and gagged in their Irvine apartment moments before police burst in to rescue them.

]]> 2014-09-01 19:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32660411 estranged neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32660487 Def.= feeling indifferent/ alientated

The twins, who were co-valedictorians of their high school class in Campo, 40 miles east of San Diego, had become estranged in recent years.

]]> 2014-09-01 19:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32660487 retribution neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32661971 Def.= Reward “This is about making sure justice is done. This isn’t about retribution. This is about seeking justice for the families,” Howe said.

]]> 2014-09-01 20:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32661971 aggravating  neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32662055 Def.= increase in intensity

Those convicted on federal hate crime charges may also face the death penalty if the crime includes certain aggravating factors.

]]> 2014-09-01 20:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32662055 notorious neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32662160 Def.= well known

Ronald Lee Sanders is not a notorious killer.

]]> 2014-09-01 20:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32662160 Odious  neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32787279 Def.= intolerable, unpleasent

Then in the same year,1765, Grenville imposed the most odious measure of all...military force. Source: The American Pageant(apush book) pg. 126

]]> 2014-09-02 22:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32787279 noxious  neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32787427 Def.= destructive, damaging

Worst of all, Grenville's noxious legislation seemed to jeopardize...as Englishmen. Pg.126

]]> 2014-09-02 22:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32787427 tenacious  neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32787591 def.= keeping hold of something

Thus the principle of no taxation without representation was supremely important, and the colonist cluing to it with tenacious consistency. pg. 127

]]> 2014-09-02 22:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32787591 erroneously  neisamattos https://padlet.com/neisamattos/jv9d6hwmxqhk/wish/32788031 Def.= mistaken

Passed at the same time, it was erroneously regarded in English-speaking America...in Boston. pg. 133

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