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Revolution Test
Vocabulary and comprehension test: April 3rd, 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Phoenix | A legendary bird which was thought to live for 500 years, burn itself to death, and then rise newborn from the ashes |
| Compound | Buildings, especially a group of residences set off and enclosed by a barrier |
| Pungent | Sharp; biting |
| Communism | A system of government or economy without individual ownership |
| Teetered | Walked unsteadily; stumbled |
| Bourgeois | Marked by a concern of comfort, wealth, and what is respectable |
| Confiscate | To take awayby authority |
| Sympathizer | One who shares the feelings or ideas of another |
| Sullen | Gloomy; moody |
| Retching | Straining, as if to vomit |
| Defect | To abandon one's country or cause |
| Demounce | Publicly declare to be wrong or evil |
| Interrogated | Questioned thoroughly |
| Askew | To one side, crooked |