Question | Answer |
1. forebears | n. ancestor, forefather. |
2. prescribed | vt. to lay down as a guide, direction, or rule of action. |
3. heirs | n. a person who is entitled to inherit the estate of another. |
4. tempered | adj. 1. made hard or flexible, especially by heat. 2. adjusted by adding a counter-balancing element. |
5. heritage | n. 1. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition. 2. something possessed as a result of one's situation or birth. |
6. committed | vt. 1. to carry into action deliberately. 2. to pledge or assign to a course or use. |
7. assure | vt. 1. to make safe. 2. to make sure or certain. 3. to make certain the attainment of. |
8. pledge | vt. to promise the performance of. |
9. asunder | adv. 1. into parts. 2. apart from each other in position. |
10. tyranny | n. 1. oppressive power. 2. a govt. in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler |
11. alliance | n. 1. a bond or connection between families, states, parties, or individuals. 2. an association to further the common interests of the members. |
12. aggression | n. 1. a forceful action especially when intended to dominate or master. 2. the practice of making attacks or encroachments. 3. hostile, injurious, or destructive behavior or outlook |
13. subversion | n. a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system by persons working secretly from within. |
14. sovereign | adj. 1. possessed of supreme power. 2. enjoying autonomy or self-rule. |
15. invective | n. 1. vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach. 2. an angry accusation. 3. an insulting or abusive word or expression. |
16. adversary | n. one that contends with, opposes, or resists; enemy. |
17. civility | n. 1. civilized conduct, courtesy, politeness. 2. a polite act or expression. |
18. negotiate | vi. to confer with another so as to arrive at the settlement of some matter. |
19. belaboring | vt. 1. to attack verbally. 2. to explain or insist on excessively. |
20. formulate | vt. 1. to devise or develop. 2. to express in precise form. |
21. invoke | vt. 1. to put into effect or operation 2. to petition for help or support. |
22. eradicate | vt. to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots. |
23. commerce | n. 1. social intercourse: interchange of ideas, or sentiments. 2. the exchange or buying and selling of commodities. |
24. oppressed | n. those who are burdened psychologically or mentally. |
25. beachhead | n. an area on a hostile shore occupied to secure further landing of troops and supplies. |
26. endeavor | n. 1. serious determined effort. 2. activity directed toward a goal. |
27. preserved | adj. 1. kept safe from injury, harm, destruction. 2. kept alive, intact, free from decay. |
28. summons | vt. 1. to call upon to do something specified. 2. to call into action; rouse; call forth. |
29. tribulation | n. 1. grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering. 2. an an affliction, trouble, etc. |
30. forge | v. to form or make, esp. by concentrated effort. |
31. shrink | v. to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance. |
1. emancipation | n. the act or process of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, |
2. proclamation | n. something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement. |
3. momentous | adj. of great or far-reaching importance or consequence. |
4. decree | n. 1. a formal and authoritative order 2. a judicial decision or order. |
5. seared | vt. to char, scorch, or burn the surface of with (or as if with) a hot instrument. |
6. withering | adj. 1. drying up or shriveling from loss of moisture 2. losing freshness; drooping. |
7. manacles | n. shackles for the hand; handcuffs; restraints. |
8. segregation | n. the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public facilities, especially as a form of discrimination. |
9. languishing | vi. 1. to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade. 2. to lose vigor and vitality. 3. to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress. |
10. exile | n. 1. a person banished from his or her native land. 2. anyone separated from his or her country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances. |
11. promissory | adj. 1. containing or implying a promise note n. a written promise to pay a specified sum of money to a designated person at a fixed time or on demand. |
12. unalienable | adj. not to be separated, given away, or taken away; inalienable. |
13. defaulted | vi. to fail to do what is required. |
14. obligation | n. 1. a binding promise, contract, sense of duty, etc. 2. a debt of gratitude. |
15. insufficient | adj. 1. lacking in what is necessary or required 2. deficient in force, quality, or amount; inadequate. |
16. hallowed | adj. regarded as holy; venerated; sacred. |
17. desolate | adj. 1. barren or laid waste; devastated. 2. deserted; uninhabited. 3. solitary; lonely. 4. having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn. 5. dreary; dismal; gloomy. |
18. sweltering | adj. 1. suffering oppressive heat. 2. characterized by oppressive heat; sultry. |
19. tranquility | n. quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity. |
20. threshold | n. 1. the entrance to a house or building. 2. any place or point of entering or beginning. |
21. degenerate | vi. 1. to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate. 2. to diminish in quality, esp. from a former state of coherence, balance, integrity, etc. |
22. engulfed | vt. 1. to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge. 2. to plunge or immerse, as into a gulf. |
23. evidenced | vt. 1. to make evident or clear; show clearly; manifest. 2. to support by evidence. |
24. inextricably | adj. 1. incapable of being disentangled, undone, loosed, or solved. y |
25. ghetto | n. a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic situations |
26. quest | n. a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something. |
27. persecution | n. a campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate a people because of their religion, race, or beliefs. |
28. redemptive | adj. 1. serving to redeem 2. of or pertaining to redemption or salvation. |
29. wallow | vi. 1. to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like. 2. to live self-indulgently; luxuriate; revel. 3. to flounder about; move along or proceed clumsily or with difficulty. |
30. creed | n. 1. any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief or of opinion. |
31. oppression | n. 1. the exercise of power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. 2. an act or instance of oppressing 3. the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically. |
32. oasis | n. 1. a small fertile or green area in a desert, usually having a spring or well. 2. something serving as a refuge, relief, or pleasant change from what is usual, annoying, difficult, etc |
33. nullification | n. the act of making null and void; counteracting the effect or force of something. |
34. exalted | adj. 1. raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station. 2. noble; lofty. |
35. hew | vt. 1. to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack. 2. to make, shape, smooth with cutting blows. 3. to sever a part from a whole by means of cutting blows. |
36. transform | vt. 1. to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose. 2. to change in condition, nature, or character; convert. |
37. jangling | adj. producing discordant sounds. |
38. discords | n. 1. lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things; tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension. 2. a confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds. |
39. prodigious | adj. 1. extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc. 2. wonderful or marvelous. |