Vocabulary 1

Paying homage to an African-American leader means to...

• honor or respect
• to send home
• to punish 
• to criticize

What does conglomerate mean?

• A corporation
• A business leader
• A grouping of heterogeneous parts
• A single member of a company

Which sentence uses the word philanthropic correctly?

• He is a very selfish person and extremely philanthropic.
• He might be a good doctor and a philanthropic one; his visits to this poor region looked like it.

The taking of the lands of the American Indian were a complete ______________ of history.

• bigot
• keen
• benefit
• travesty

Still, it wasn't the first time they had ________________ disagreed on something.  They have actually come to blows with some of their arguments.

• keen;y
• pivotally
• vehemently
• proudly

what does refute mean?

• To agree
• To prove false

What is a bigot?

• A person who stands up for those who are mistreated.
• A person who enjoys working with others.
• Someone who is completely against anything other than their beliefs and opinions.

What does SAE on an oil can represent?

• Standard Automotive Energy
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• Society of Automotive Energy
• Standard of Automotive Engineers

Christy took an earnest part in many ___________________movements of her time, especially identifying herself with the efforts to relieve the sufferers from the Irish famine of 1847.

• vehement
• keen
• philanthropic
• _^bigoted

Rich wasn't too _________ on the idea of breaking into his brother's house to get his baseball uniform.

• pivotal
• philanthropic
• keen
• reluctant