Monday, September 21, 2009

ch. 3 vocab

1. Anticipated- to expect; look forward to; be sure of. The prisoner anticipated his release date.

2. Subsequent- occurring or coming later or after. Subsequent to her arrest, she was taken to jail and assigned a court date.

3. Abandon- to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert. The bums were staying in a abandoned house.


4. Intervention- the act or fact of intervening. Her family planned an intervention for her drug abuse.

5. Civilians- a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization. Many civilians were killed during the war.
















6. Militant- vigorously active and aggressive, esp. in support of a cause. the soldiers used militant tactics.


7. Fragments- a part broken off or detached. There were fragments of the broken window on the inside of the door.

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