ARRANGED MARRIAGE

Question 1

prospective

Answer 1

likely to happen at a future date

Question 2

probable, likely

Answer 2

likely to happen or to be the case

Question 3

an alien concept

Answer 3

a strange concept, something that seems strange and perhaps frightening, because it is not part of your normal experience.

Question 4

to be superficial

Answer 4

you disapprove of them because they do not think deeply, and have little understanding of anything serious or important, disapproval
shallow

Question 5

to oppress

Answer 5

keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority (tlačiti, stiskati)

Question 6

cruelty

Answer 6

behaviour which causes physical or mental harm to another, especially a spouse, whether intentionally or not.

Question 7

kaste

Answer 7

• Caste: a Hindu class system, whereby you are born into a particular class

Question 8

to resent someone

Answer 8

a negative emotional reaction to being mistreated

Question 9

the crux of something

Answer 9

the most important or serious part of a matter, problem, or argument (bistvo), a crux: the decisive or most important point at issue.

Question 10

a chaperone

Answer 10

a person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people

Question 11

to be seeing someone

Answer 11

to date or to go out with someone

Question 12

a stigma

Answer 12

a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.

Question 13

domestic violence

Answer 13

violent or aggressive behaviour within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner.

Question 14

to uphold

Answer 14

confirm or support (something which has been questioned).

Question 15

to be ambivalent

Answer 15

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Question 16

to be torn between

Answer 16

you cannot decide which to choose, and so you feel anxious or troubled

Question 17

diversity

Answer 17

the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.

Question 18

to portray

Answer 18

describe (someone or something) in a particular way

Question 19

isolation of human rights

Answer 19

not abide to certain rules, human rights

Question 20

preserve

Answer 20

maintain (something) in its original or existing state.

Question 21

ostracised

Answer 21

exclude from a society or group, also banish