English vocab Flashcards
(37 cards)
Archipelago
Any sea, or sheets of water, in which there are numerous islands
Astounded
Shocked/Amazed
Conscripted
Forced to enlist into the army
Compulsory
Mandatory/Forced †o
Cataclysm
A great flood; A political/social upheaval
Displacement
The removing of something from it’s original location
Gasp
A sudden inhale or exhale
Gulag
A prison camp, primarily for political prisoners
Tenacious
Not easily giving up
Bleat
To cry as a goat, sheep, or calf
Omnipotent
Having infinite power
Zek
A prisoner held in a soviet camp
Article 58
Allowed for soviet officers to arrest anyone who they deemed suspicious/guilty
13th Amendment
Forbade slavery
Pretense
A false claim made to seem true
15th Amendment
Guaranteed that anyone could vote
Carceral
Relating to prison
Purporting
To pretend
Impotent
Powerless
Relegate
To force a person to do something meaningless
Virulent
Possessing venomous or poisonous qualities
Bestial
Relating to animals
Stringent
Rigorous
Peonage
Being forced with servitude until your debt it payed; forced labor of prisoners