THINGS FALL APART Vocabulary Test 1

Dominic I. (United States of America)
You will take this test on E-day January 30 OR F-day January 31.
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  1. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
    Category: Live strong
  2. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
    Category: Live strong
  3. dominion
    control or power through legal authority
    Category: Follow the leader
  4. adherent
    someone who believes and helps to spread a doctrine
    Category: Follow the leader
  5. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
    Category: Follow the leader
  6. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
    Category: Something's not right
  7. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
    Category: Something's not right
  8. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder
    Category: Something's not right
  9. profane
    violate the sacred character of a place or language
    Category: Bad boys (and girls)
  10. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy
    Category: Bad boys (and girls)
  11. desecrate
    remove the sacredness from a person or an object
    Category: Bad boys (and girls)
  12. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
    Category: Making things right
  13. irreparable
    impossible to rectify or amend
    Category: Making things right
  14. amend
    make revisions to
    Category: Making things right
  15. pacify
    fight violence and try to establish peace in
    Category: Peace and pleasure
  16. enthrall
    hold spellbound
    Category: Peace and pleasure
  17. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
    Category: Live strong
  18. industry
    persevering determination to perform a task
    Category: Live strong
  19. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
    Category: Follow the leader
  20. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
    Category: Follow the leader
  21. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
    Category: Follow the leader
  22. disquieting
    causing mental discomfort
    Category: Something's not right
  23. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
    Category: Something's not right
  24. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
    Category: Something's not right
  25. malevolence
    wishing evil to others
    Category: Bad boys (and girls)
  26. brash
    offensively bold
    Category: Bad boys (and girls)
  27. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
    Category: Bad boys (and girls)
  28. dispensation
    an exemption from some rule or obligation
    Category: Making things right
  29. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
    Category: Making things right
  30. repentant
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
    Category: Making things right
  31. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
    Category: Peace and pleasure
  32. delectable
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
    Category: Peace and pleasure
Created on Sun Jan 13 14:50:10 EST 2013 (updated Sun Jan 13 15:24:43 EST 2013)

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