HISTORY Passage Vocab

Question 1

sovereignty (n.)

Answer 1

independence

Question 2

equivocal (adj.)

Answer 2

open to interpretation; unclear

Question 3

ambiguous (adj.)

Answer 3

unclear or uncertain

Question 4

condemn (v.)

Answer 4

to publicly criticize or denounce

Question 5

unduly (adj.)

Answer 5

unnecessarily

Question 6

concede (v.)

Answer 6

to unwillingly agree

Question 7

enfranchisement (n.)

Answer 7

granting the right to (freedom); freeing someone from oppression

Question 8

refute (v.)

Answer 8

to prove wrong

Question 9

reverence (n.)

Answer 9

respected

Question 10

solemn (adj.)

Answer 10

serious; grave and dull

Question 11

suffrage (n.)

Answer 11

the right to vote

Question 12

susceptible (adj.)

Answer 12

easily influenced by something; easily affected

Question 13

abjure (v.)

Answer 13

to formally reject a claim or belief

Question 14

arboreal (adj.)

Answer 14

relating to trees

Question 15

denigrate (v.)

Answer 15

attack the good name or reputation of someone

Question 16

conflagration (n.)

Answer 16

a very intense and uncontrolled fire

Question 17

everate (v.)

Answer 17

to weaken or wear down

Question 18

perfidious (adj.)

Answer 18

deceitful and untrustworthy

Question 19

indispensable (adj.)

Answer 19

absolutely necessary

Question 20

constitution (n.)

Answer 20

the basic set of principles by the federal government in the US

Question 21

congress (n.)

Answer 21

the national legislative body of the US

Question 22

arbitrary (adj.)

Answer 22

(of power or ruling body) tyrannical or undemocratic

Question 23

censure (v.)

Answer 23

to express severe disapproval; condemn or criticize

Question 24

idealism (n.)

Answer 24

the practice of forming ideals; “perfect” ideas

Question 25

imperial (adj.)

Answer 25

relating to empire; dominating or ruling naure

Question 26

republic (adj.)

Answer 26

a state in which supreme power is ruled by the people and electives of a nation

Question 27

liberal (adj.)

Answer 27

respecting and open to ideas; progressive

Question 28

bondage (n.)

Answer 28

state of being a slave; enslavement or servitude

Question 29

sovereign (adj.)

Answer 29

(1) possessing supreme power

(2) acting independent

Question 30

“virtue of (something)”

Answer 30

as a result of

Question 31

virtue (n.)

Answer 31

(1) behaving of high standards; goodness

2) a morally good quality (of a person

Question 32

repudiate (v.)

Answer 32

reject