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Lesson 8 Vocabulary

Persuading

To try to get someone to agreeWith your plan or opinion

Maneuvered

To move or guide somethingVery carefully

Perseverance

To try hard and to not give up

Destiny

To believe that certain thingsWill happen because they are

Meant to be.

Encountered

To meet or run into someone unexpectedly

Crucial

Something that is extremelyimportant

Appealed

To make a request with a lot offeeling

Crisis

A situation that suddenlyBecomes very dangerous or

Difficult.