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Lyons:PERSEPOLIS
PERSEPOLIS
Term | Definition |
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devoted | giving someone or something a lot of attention or love |
abandon | to leave a person or thing and not return |
urgent | very important and needing help right away |
persecute | to treat someone in a mean and unfair way, especially because of religious or political beliefs |
exterminate | to kill all of a particular group of people or animals |
execute | to kill someone, especially as punishment for something considered a crime |
resistance | the act of not agreeing with new or ideas or changes |
asylum | protection that the government gives to someone who escapes from a country for political reasons |
optimism | the belief that good things will happen/ being positive |
pessimism | the belief that bad things will happen/ being negative |
revolution | a time when people change a ruler or government |
obligatory | something that must be done because of a law or rule |
demonstration | an event where a lot of people meet to protest or support something in public |
predecessor | the person who came before |
forbidden | not allowed |
enlighten | to explain something to someone so they understand |
fanatic | someone who has extreme religious or political ideas |
massacre | the killing of a lot of people |
perpetrated | did something wrong and illegal |
puzzled | confused, not clear in understanding something |
oppose | disagree strongly with an idea or action |