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Persep. Vocab.
Vocab. words for Persepolis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Persepolis | ancient capital of Persia |
| Obligatory | morally or legally binding |
| Bilingual | using or knowing 2 languages |
| Predecessors | one who comes before |
| Tyranny | a form of government with an absolute dictator |
| Submission | yielding |
| Revolution | a drastic change in thoughts/beliefs |
| Imperialism | a foreign government's control |
| Forbid/Forbade | to command against |
| Fanatics | people motivated by irrational enthusiasm |
| Massacre | to kill a large number of people indiscriminately |
| Denigrate | lessen in importance/downgrade |
| Bolsheviks | became the Communist Party of Russia in 1917 |
| Rabble | the lowest class of people |
| Clandestine | done in secrecy |
| Revolt | to rise against authority |
| Effigy | a crude image of a person, used for ridicule |
| Exiled | expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree |
| Phenomenon | an occurence that can be observed |
| Liberated | freed from social or economic constraints |
| Guerillas | politcallly motivated armed force that combats the army or police |
| Diabolical | devilish |
| Irretrievable | irreparable |
| Repubic | a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for representatives |
| Fundamentalism | strict adherence to any set of basic ideals or principals |