vocabulary 2

Question 1

dissent

Answer 1

a person who opposes official policy, especially that of authoritarian

Question 2

aberration

Answer 2

something that differs from normal

Question 3

demure

Answer 3

quiet, modest reserved

Question 4

edification

Answer 4

the instrument of a person morally or intellectually

Question 5

myriad

Answer 5

a great number of things

Question 6

nuance

Answer 6

a slight venation of meaning, tone, or expression

Question 7

obtuse

Answer 7

lacking quickness of sensibility or intellect

Question 8

repudiate

Answer 8

to refuse to accept or support or to say or show that something is not there

Question 9

schism

Answer 9

a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties caused by differencing in opinion or belief

Question 10

dislodge

Answer 10

know or force out or position OR remove from position

Question 11

evict

Answer 11

expell from property especially with support of the law

Question 12

occupied

Answer 12

to take or fill up OR to take possession and control of a place as military invasion

Question 13

elaborate

Answer 13

involving many carefully arranged parts or details

Question 14

siege

Answer 14

military operation in which enemy forces surrounded a twin or building cutting of essential supplies

Question 15

adjoining

Answer 15

being connected some point on a line located next to the other

Question 16

sophistication

Answer 16

well thought out character and ideas, tastes, or words as a result of education, worldly experience

Question 17

sanguine

Answer 17

optimistic or positive especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Question 18

adversity

Answer 18

difficulties misfortune