extra vocab

Question 1

totalitarian

Answer 1

relating to a system of government

Question 2

surveillance

Answer 2

close observation

Question 3

subservient

Answer 3

prepared to obey others

Question 4

deteriorating

Answer 4

getting worse

Question 5

insidious

Answer 5

proceeding in a gradual subtle way but with harmful effects

Question 6

squalid

Answer 6

extremely dirty or unpleasant

Question 7

firmament

Answer 7

the heavens or the sky

Question 8

abhorrence

Answer 8

feeling of loathing

Question 9

ferocious

Answer 9

savage fierce or cruel

Question 10

ebony

Answer 10

very dark brown

Question 11

scourge

Answer 11

a whip used as an instrument of punishment

Question 12

barren

Answer 12

too poor to produce vegetation

Question 13

adversary

Answer 13

an opponent in a conflict dispute or contest

Question 14

corroded

Answer 14

damage metal by chemical action

Question 15

apocalyptic

Answer 15

describing the end of the world

Question 16

grotesque

Answer 16

repulsively ugly

Question 17

propoganda

Answer 17

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Question 18

dissent

Answer 18

the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.

Question 19

oppression

Answer 19

prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority

Question 20

degenerate

Answer 20

deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally

Question 21

abyssal

Answer 21

relating to or denoting the depths or bed of the ocean, especially between about 3000 and 6000 metres down.

Question 22

parasitic

Answer 22

living as a parasite

Question 23

destitute

Answer 23

extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself