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Teammates. by Peter Golenbock. 1. Vocabulary Words. 2. exist. There were two wonderful baseball leagues that no longer exist. Grizzly and polar bears exist in North America. 3. exist: to be around. 4. extraordinary.

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Teammates

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  1. Teammates • by Peter Golenbock 1

  2. Vocabulary Words 2

  3. exist • There were two wonderful baseball leagues that no • longer exist. • Grizzly and polar bears exist in North America. 3

  4. exist:to be around 4

  5. extraordinary • The Negro Leagues had extraordinary players, and adoring fans came to see them wherever they played. • An extraordinary event took place when a man walked on the moon. 5

  6. extraordinary:remarkable; very special 6

  7. apathetic • And many people were apathetic about racial problems. • The students were apathetic about their homework. They didn’t even bother to check the answers to their math problems. 7

  8. apathetic:not interested; does not care 8

  9. intimidate • He would have to possess the self-control not to fight back when opposing players tried to intimidate or • hurt him. • Tests intimidate, or scare, some students. 9

  10. intimidate:to make someone feel bad by hurting their feelings 10

  11. experiment • Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson were starting what would be known in history as “the great experiment.” • We left the bread crumbs in the snow as an experiment to see if the wild birds would eat them. 11

  12. experiment:a test used to discover something 12

  13. humiliations • Initially, life with the Dodgers was for Jackie a series ofhumiliations. • Walking around with my shirt on the wrong side was only one of my many humiliations today. 13

  14. humiliations:things that cause someone to be embarrased 14

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