The Refusal Vocabulary

Define the word: desolate

• unusually or abnormally good

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Define the word: exceptional

• unusually or abnormally good

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Define the word: petition

• directly stated

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Define the word: explicitly

• directly stated

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Define the word: rigid

• directly stated

• describing a place that is deserted or empty

• A formal request to a government or superior power

• incapable of compromise

Which vocabulary word fits in the following sentence? We saw a few tufts of grass, but for the most part the land was bare and totally __________.

• Exceptional

• Desolate

• Rigid

• Explicitly

Which vocabulary word fits in the following sentence? The deer was ________ with fear when the truck headlights caught it in the street.

• Exceptional

• Desolate

• Rigid

• Explicitly

Which vocabulary word fits in the following sentence? They were _________ told not to venture outside the campsite.

• Exceptional

• Desolate

• Rigid

• Explicitly