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Understanding Key Terms: Convict, Discipline, Dungeon, and More

This unit explores essential definitions related to justice and personal conduct. It clarifies terms like "convict," which refers to a person found guilty of a crime, and "discipline," denoting punishment that enforces obedience and self-control. Other concepts include "dungeon," a dark prison cell, and "earnest," meaning serious or grave. The terms "gradual," "grumble," "jagged," "nourish," "provision," "treaty," and "uneasy" further enrich our understanding of behavior, agreement, and feelings.

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Understanding Key Terms: Convict, Discipline, Dungeon, and More

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  1. Unit 9 Definitions

  2. CONVICT • To prove or judge to be guilty • A person who has been proved guilty of a crime and sentenced to prison; someone who is serving a long prison term

  3. DISCIPLINE • Punishment; training that results in obedience and self- control; orderly behavior; control gained by enforcing rules of conduct; a branch of knowledge

  4. DUNGEON • A dark room or cell used as a prison, usually underground

  5. EARNEST • Serious, important, or grave

  6. ENCLOSE • To surround on every side; to close up in or fence off; to include with something else

  7. GRADUAL • Happening step-by-step or by degrees; changing little by little

  8. GRUMBLE • To complain angrily but not loudly; to growl • A growling sound; a muttered complaint

  9. JAGGED • With a rough or sharp edge; irregular or harsh

  10. NOURISH • To feed or help grow and develop; to support

  11. PROVISION • The act of supplying or making available; a stock of food or supplies; a step taken ahead of time; a condition, as in a contract

  12. TREATY • An agreement or contract between two or more countries, arrived at by discussion and compromise; the legal document that has the terms of such an agreement

  13. UNEASY • Feeling worried or unsure; causing discomfort

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