KEY+TERMS

5 KEY TERMS ENGLISH 11/12

1 HOMELESSNESS 1. Without a home: a homelesschild. 2. T he homeless, personswholackpermanenthousing.

2 HOME 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household. 2. the place in which one's domestic affections. 3. an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home. 4. the dwelling place or retreat of an animal. 5. the place or region where something is native or most common.

3 HO-BO 1.a tramp or vagrant. 2.a migratory worker.

4 SHELTER A BUILDING SERVING AS A TEMPORARY REFUGE OR RESIDENCE FOR HOMELESS PERSON OR ANIMAL ECT...

5 BUM 1.a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler. 2.a tramp, hobo, or derelict. 3.Informal.an enthusiast of a specific sport or recreational activity, especially one who gives it priority over work, family life, etc.: aski bum;atennisbum. 4. Informal. an incompetent person. 5.a drunken orgy; debauch.

6 DERELICT 1. left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned: a derelict ship. 2. neglectful of duty; delinquent; negligent. 3. a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum. 4.Nautical.a vessel abandoned in open water by its crew without any hope or intention of returning. 5.personal property abandoned or thrown away by the owner. 6.one guilty of neglect of duty. 7.Law.land left dry by a change of the water line.

7 VAGRANT 1.a personwho wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp. 2.Law .an idle person without visible means of support, as a tramp or beggar. 3. a person who wanders from place to place; wanderer; rover. 4. Wandering idly without a permanent home or employment; living in vagabondage: vagrantbeggars. 5.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vagrant: thevagrantlife.

these words will help me understand homelessness by understanding the names they get called, what the names actually mean. and thus not calling them the names that are not apropriate to be calling them names that they most likely dont like in the first place . Thomas Grant October 12 2011 INFO TAKEN FROM DICTIONARY.COM Ms Pettit ENGLISH period 5 and 6