Ethnic And Religion

Question 1

ethnic

Answer 1

(n.) racial, cultural

Question 2

assumption

Answer 2

conjecture, presupposition, presumption

Question 3

mishap

Answer 3

(n. ) small accident or mistake, calamity, misfortune, disaster
eg: While many believe that a journey to Mars is impending, such an undertaking is fraught with challenges and mishaps can occur

Question 4

puritanical

Answer 4

(adj.) having an extreme attitudes about religion or moral behaviour, narrow-minded

Eg: the system cannot afford to be puritanical

Question 5

covenant

Answer 5

(n.) promise in the form of formal agreement

Eg: The neighbours dominated by whites sign covenants barring African American

Question 6

clerics

Answer 6

(n. ) religious leader, priest

eg: a group of Muslim clerics

Question 7

crackdown

Answer 7

(n. ) abolition, eradication, elimination
eg: After public demonstrations in Xinjiang in 1988 and 1989 and a violent uprising in 1990, Deng ordered a crackdown in XJ

Question 8

discord

Answer 8

(n. ) disagreement amg ppl, dissonance, disharmony

eg: The growing islamophobia could lead to discord among the society.

Question 9

fanatic

Answer 9

(n. ) extremist

eg: We must not allow fanatics to destroy social cohesion.

Question 10

secular

Answer 10

(adj.) non-religious

Eg: the pope believed that secular institutions were not giving students sufficient preparations to deal with the issue of faith

Question 11

incongruity

Answer 11

(n. ) dissonance; incompatibility

eg: the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her