Internment Vocabulary Test Set 2

Match the following vocabulary terms to their definitions.

• mundane

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or finished

• detritus

• lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness

• wan

• in disarray; extremely disorderly

• disheveled

• found in the ordinary course of events

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d

e

f

c

b

a

chiasmus

confer

stifle

thematic

stalwart

vise

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• big wig

• the most important person in a group or undertaking

• endow

• deliberately impassive in manner

• gauntlet

• give qualities or abilities to

• deadpan

• perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch

• tangible

• a form of punishment with two lines of men facing each other

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c

f

d

b

e

a

quagmire

lamentable

nondescript

quell

essay

peruse

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• internment

• scold or criticize severely

• retrofit

• the theory that space and time are not absolute concepts

• chastise

• keep separate; separate into isolated categories

• relativity

• confinement during wartime

• compartmentalize

• provide with parts not in use in the original manufacture

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• discerning

• a small crude shelter used as a dwelling

• hijab

• constructed with standardized, prefabricated units or pieces

• riveting

• a headscarf worn by Muslim women

• shanty

• having r revealing keen insight and good judgment

• modular

• capable of arousing and holding the attention

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• ostensibly

• lean but strong

• bon mot

• showing utter resignation or hopelessness

• stark

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornent

• wiry

• a witty or clever remark

• abject

• from appearances alone

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• revelation

• someone who violates a law or command

• transgressor

• a motley assortment of things

• succinct

• briefly giving the gist of something

• hodgepodge

• an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

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• prejudice

• a title or expression that conveys respect

• din

• practice play between two teams

• scrimmage

• aloud, harsh, or strident noise

• honorific

• a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue

• seethe

• be in an agitated emotional state

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• assimilation

• deviating from a straight course

• circuitous

• a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

• requisition

• the process of absorbing one cultural group into another

• reverence

• an official form on which a request is made

• fleeting

• lasting for a markedly brief time