Gender Discrimination in South Africa

Question 1

Demographic

Answer 1

relating to the structure of populations

Question 2

Stagflation

Answer 2

an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.

Question 3

Clash

Answer 3

(used without object) to conflict; disagree

(used with object) to strike with a resounding or violent collision

Question 4

Clamp down

Answer 4

to become more strict

Question 5

Clamp down on

Answer 5

to impose or increase controls on

Question 6

Asylum

Answer 6

• an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.
• a temporary refuge granted political offenders, especially in a foreign embassy.

Question 7

Disfranchise

Answer 7

to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.

Question 8

Bourgeois

Answer 8

a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability
a member of the middle class

Question 9

Proletariat

Answer 9

the class of workers, especially industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive

Question 10

Aristocracy

Answer 10

a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility

Question 11

Ferocious

Answer 11

savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel

Question 12

Inherent

Answer 12

existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute

Question 13

Unbridled

Answer 13

not controlled or restrained

Question 14

Agrarian

Answer 14

relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property

Question 15

Trundle

Answer 15

To roll along

Question 16

Cult

Answer 16

a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies

Question 17

In unison

Answer 17

in perfect accord; corresponding exactly

Question 18

Bicameral

Answer 18

having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body

Question 19

Federal

Answer 19

pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states