American 2nd- Lesson Five Quiz

Alleviate

• make (someone or something) seem unimportant.

• make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.

Disparage

• the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.

• regard or represent as being of little worth.

Loathsome

• causing hatred or disgust; repulsive.

• free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.

Subjugation

• to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right.

• the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.

Arduous

• involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

•  a fierce or destructive attack.

Emphatic

•  showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.

•  a fierce or destructive attack.

Onslaught

•  a fierce or destructive attack.

•  involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

Usurpation

• to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right.

•  make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.

Belittle

• causing hatred or disgust; repulsive.

• make (someone or something) seem unimportant.

Extricate

• free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.

• involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.