ELA- Vocab/Unbroken test review(just vocab)

Question 1

Ardent

Answer 1

Enthusiastic or passionate.

Question 2

Debase

Answer 2

reduce(something) in quality or value; degrade.

Question 3

Zeal

Answer 3

Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.

Question 4

Retention

Answer 4

The continued possession, use, or control of something.

Question 5

Leering

Answer 5

Looking or gazing in an unpleasant or malicious way.

Question 6

Defiance

Answer 6

Open resistance; bold disobedience.

Question 7

Sadistic

Answer 7

A person who takes pleasure in causing pain and humiliation on others.

Question 8

Dignity

Answer 8

A sense of pride in oneself; self-respect.

Question 9

Hopeless

Answer 9

Having no expectation of good or improvement.

Question 10

Dehumanize

Answer 10

To deprive or take away positive human characteristics from another human being.

Question 11

Resilience

Answer 11

The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Question 12

Psychopath

Answer 12

A personality disorder that makes someone lack empathy, behave reckless, violent.

Question 13

Tantalizing

Answer 13

Tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable.

Question 14

Hope

Answer 14

The belief that positive actions can and will occur.