Vocabulary 3

Question 1

Accede

Answer 1

to attain or assume an office, title, or dignity

Question 2

Terrain

Answer 2

a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.

Question 3

Rhetoric

Answer 3

the use of exaggeration or display

Question 4

Cessation

Answer 4

a temporary or complete stopping of something

Question 5

Predatory

Answer 5

excessive in amount or cost, out of greed or to take advantage of consumers.
Plunder, robbery, or exploitation.

Question 6

Vigilantes

Answer 6

any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime

Question 7

Conciliatory

Answer 7

to tend to conciliate or to win over something of someone, to get along

Question 8

Effigy

Answer 8

to burn or hang an image of a person as a representation of someone who is disliked

Question 9

Rescind

Answer 9

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)

Question 10

Ideologue

Answer 10

A person who actively favors an ideology

Question 11

Intrepid

Answer 11

very bold or brave. resolutely fearless; dauntless

Question 12

Mercenaries

Answer 12

soldiers who are paid by a foreign country to fight in its army.

Question 13

Poignant

Answer 13

Profoundly moving; touching; distressing

Question 14

Untenable

Answer 14

incapable of being defended.

Question 15

Clandestine

Answer 15

executed with secrecy or concealment for purposes of deception

Question 16

Guerilla

Answer 16

A man in an army who uses guerilla warfare, by sabotaging the enemy

Question 17

Partisan

Answer 17

an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.

Question 18

Licentiousness

Answer 18

unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral.

Question 19

Anarchy

Answer 19

a state of society without government or law.

Question 20

Pacify

Answer 20

to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet

Question 21

Recede

Answer 21

go or move back or further away from a previous position.

Question 22

Unmolested

Answer 22

not pestered or molested; left in peace.

Question 23

Enamored

Answer 23

be filled with a feeling of love for.

Question 24

Debilitate

Answer 24

make (someone) weak and infirm.

Question 25

Depreciate

Answer 25

diminish in value over a period of time.

Question 26

Belittle

Answer 26

make (someone or something) seem unimportant