Unit 4 Vocabulary

Unit 4 Vocabulary

by Colleen Barnes

​Concord

• ​Noun

• ​A  state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

• A spirit of concord was restored when the company finally paid its workers for their overtime hours.

Multiple Choice

Which of these would best exemplify a state of concord among nations?

• A peace treaty

• Armed nuclear weapons

​Decry

• ​verb

• ​to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

• Every arm of government and every educational institution should decry bigotry in all its forms.

Multiple Select

Choose all of the words that could be a synonym of decry.

• denounce

• criticize

• support

• blame

​Equity

• ​noun

• ​the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair

  Prompted by considerations of equity, the father decided to divide his estate equally among all his children, male and female.

Poll

Do you think we have achieved equity for all in this country?

• Yes

• Not yet

​Incendiary

• ​adjective

• ​deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion

  In the 1880s, the idea that women should own their own property was incendiary. 

Multiple Choice

Which of these words is an antonym for incendiary?

• inflammatory

• peacemaker

• provocative

​Increment

• ​noun

• ​an enlargement, increase, addition

  The minimum wage is being raised in increments of $0.50 until we reach a total of $15/hour.

Poll

Is it more likely that change will come in large leaps, or in small increments?

• large gains

• small, constant changes

​Iniquity

• ​noun

• ​wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act

  English Puritans looked upon the court that surrounded Charles I as a den of iniquity.

Multiple Choice

Which former vocabulary word has a meaning similar to iniquity?

• coherent

• shambles

• facade

• sordid

​Rectitude

• ​noun

• ​uprightness, righteousness; correctness

  The mayor is a person of unquestionable rectitude. Nobody would question his morals or judgement.

Multiple Choice

Is rectitude a synonym or antonym for iniquity?

• Synonym

• Antonym

​Substantive

• ​adjective

• ​real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

  We have to work together to effect substantive change.

Multiple Select

Which of these are examples of substantive evidence?

• security camera footage that clearly shows a person's face

• the testimony of someone who heard something from a friend

• the results of a controlled, scientific experiment

• your aunt's Facebook post

​Travesty

• ​noun

• ​a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation

  Instead of modernizing Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, they made a travesty of it.

Poll

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "It is a travesty of true religion to consider one's own religion as superior and others' as inferior." Do you agree or disagree with this?

• Agree

• Disagree

​Utopian

• ​adjective

• f​ounded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

  A number of American religious groups like the Shakers have built separate communities based on utopian schemes.

Multiple Choice

Has there ever been or will there ever be a successful utopian society?

• Yes

• No