Week 5

Question 1

Part of Speech: verb; Definition: to treat someone cruelly or unfairly, especially because of their beliefs; Sentence from text: “He believed he was being ~~~d wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people and God to his side.”; Additional Example Sentence: “They fled their homeland to escape religious ~~~ion.”;

Answer 1

Persecute

Question 2

Part of Speech: noun; Definition: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen; Sentence from text: “Abigail, with hushed ~~~: How is Ruth sick?”; Additional Example Sentence: “She approached the new school with some ~~~.”;

Answer 2

Trepidation

Question 3

Part of Speech: noun; Definition: a small, organized dissenting group within a larger one; Sentence from text: “There is a ~~~ that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit.”; Additional Example Sentence: “The committee was divided by internal ~~~s over the proposal.”;

Answer 3

Faction

Question 4

Part of Speech: verb; Definition: to call upon (a spirit or ghost) by means of magic; Sentence from text: “But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must know it now… You have ~~~d spirits?”; Additional Example Sentence: “They tried to ~~~ a spirit during the ritual.”;

Answer 4

Conjure

Question 5

Part of Speech: noun; Definition: something that causes disgust or hatred; Sentence from text: “~~~s are done in the forest—”; Additional Example Sentence: “The corrupt practices were an ~~~ to the organization’s values.”;

Answer 5

Abomination

Question 6

Part of Speech: adjective; Definition: remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree; Sentence from text: “There is ~~~ danger in the seeking of loose spirits.”; Additional Example Sentence: “The scientist made a ~~~ discovery.”;

Answer 6

Prodigious

Question 7

Persecute

Answer 7

Part of Speech: verb; Definition: to treat someone cruelly or unfairly, especially because of their beliefs; Sentence from text: “He believed he was being ~~~d wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people and God to his side.”; Additional Example Sentence: “They fled their homeland to escape religious ~~~ion.”;

Question 8

Trepidation

Answer 8

Part of Speech: noun; Definition: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen; Sentence from text: “Abigail, with hushed ~~~: How is Ruth sick?”; Additional Example Sentence: “She approached the new school with some ~~~.”;

Question 9

Faction

Answer 9

Part of Speech: noun; Definition: a small, organized dissenting group within a larger one; Sentence from text: “There is a ~~~ that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit.”; Additional Example Sentence: “The committee was divided by internal ~~~s over the proposal.”;

Question 10

Conjure

Answer 10

Part of Speech: verb; Definition: to call upon (a spirit or ghost) by means of magic; Sentence from text: “But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must know it now… You have ~~~d spirits?”; Additional Example Sentence: “They tried to ~~~ a spirit during the ritual.”;

Question 11

Abomination

Answer 11

Part of Speech: noun; Definition: something that causes disgust or hatred; Sentence from text: “~~~s are done in the forest—”; Additional Example Sentence: “The corrupt practices were an ~~~ to the organization’s values.”;

Question 12

Prodigious

Answer 12

Part of Speech: adjective; Definition: remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree; Sentence from text: “There is ~~~ danger in the seeking of loose spirits.”; Additional Example Sentence: “The scientist made a ~~~ discovery.”;