Persepolis Vocabulary

Question 1

Obligatory

Answer 1

Obligatory is an adjective that means required by a legal or moral rule

Question 2

Decadence

Answer 2

Decadence is a noun means moral or cultural decline caused by excessive pleasure and luxury

Question 3

Revolution

Answer 3

Revolution is a noun that means an overthrow of the government in order to get a new system

Question 4

Fanatics

Answer 4

Fanatics is a noun that means people who are filled with excessive enthusiasm for a religious or political cause

Question 5

Degenerate

Answer 5

Degenerate is a verb that means to decline physically, mentally, or morally

Question 6

Frivolities

Answer 6

Frivolities is a noun that means lightheartedness or a lack of seriousness

Question 7

Cadaver

Answer 7

Cadaver is a noun that means a dead body

Question 8

Sentiment

Answer 8

Sentiment is a noun that means a view or attitude toward a situation or event

Question 9

Subversive

Answer 9

Subversive is an adjective that means intending to damage and weaken the power of a system or institution

Question 10

Cyanide

Answer 10

Cyanide is a noun that means an extremely dangerous type of poison

Question 11

Dialectic

Answer 11

Dialectic is an adjective that means relating to the nature of logical argumentation

Question 12

Shunned

Answer 12

Shunned is a verb that means to be persistently avoided, ignored, and rejected

Question 13

Proletariat

Answer 13

Proletariat is a noun that means workers or working class citizens

Question 14

Imperialists

Answer 14

Imperialists is a noun that means a person who supports or tries to extend the rule and authority of a nation over other countries

Question 15

Regime

Answer 15

Regime is a noun that means a government, especially one with limited freedoms

Question 16

Console

Answer 16

Console is a verb that means to comfort someone when they are disappointed or grief stricken

Question 17

Rebellious

Answer 17

Rebellious is an adjective that means showing a desire to resist authority and control

Question 18

Carnage

Answer 18

Carnage is a noun that means the killing of many people

Question 19

Vintner

Answer 19

Vintner is a noun that means a wine maker

Question 20

Belligerent

Answer 20

Belligerent is an adjective that means aggressive and hostile

Question 21

Systematically

Answer 21

Systematically is an adverb that means doing something according to a plan or system

Question 22

Veritable

Answer 22

Veritable is an adjective that means true or real and it is especially used in metaphors

Question 23

Asylum

Answer 23

Asylum is a noun that means protection given from a nation to someone who left their home country to be a political refugee

Question 24

Euphoria

Answer 24

Euphoria is a noun that means a state or feeling of intense happiness or excitement

Question 25

Expelled

Answer 25

Expelled is a verb that means to ban someone from the membership and involvement of a school or organization

Question 26

Muslim

Answer 26

Muslim is a noun that means person who is a follower of the religion of Islam

Question 27

Fundamentalism

Answer 27

Fundamentalism is a noun that means form of Islam that supports belief in the strict, literal interpretation of religious texts

Question 28

Shah

Answer 28

Shah is a noun that means the title of the former monarch of Iran

Question 29

Ayatollah

Answer 29

Ayatollah is a noun that means a religious leader who is part of the Shia branch of Islam

Question 30

Chador

Answer 30

Chador is a noun that means a large piece of cloth that is worn by Muslim women and covers the head and upper body, but not the face

Question 31

Taliban

Answer 31

Taliban means a Muslim fundamentalist group that took control of Afghanistan in the 1990’s and set up an Islamic state