Reading Glossary “Triumph Out of Tragedy” (Unit 3, page 32) plunged her into: suddenly put her into erased: took away crushing: destructive handicapped: with disabilities humanitarian: person who helps many people cope with: adjust to and overcome frustration: feeling unable to something one wants to pretend: make certain actions in order to make others believe one is doing something outbursts: sudden and powerful expressions of emotions unruly: behaving badly kicked: hit violently with one’s foot in order to harm scratched: use one’s fingernails to harm another blind: unable to see deaf: unable to hear far from: not at all encouraging: causing hope and optimism not quite seven: almost seven soul: spirit barriers: things that prevent someone from doing what one wants swept away: removed inspired: gave hope and optimism yearning: a sad desire for something one can’t have vague: unclear or undefined content: happy, satisfied Summit 2, Second Edition Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use