Purple Hibiscus - Chapters 2-4 Vocabulary

What word means a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government?

• allocation

• turbulence

• coup

• missal

What word means a book containing prayers and rites, used often in the Catholic mass?

• immaculate

• unction

• solidarity

• missal

What word means free from spot or stain?

• desolate

• solidarity

• immaculate

• raucous

What word means the state or quality of having strength?

• desolate

• solidarity

• unction

• immaculate

What word means the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite?

• unction

• allocation

• coup

• turbulence

What word means barren or waste-laid; desperate?

• meticulously

• solidarity

• allocation

• desolate

What word means violent disorder or commotion?

• missal

• turbulence

• coup

• raucous

What word means taking extreme care on tiny details?

• meticulously

• solidarity

• unction

• allocation

What word means the act of setting apart for a specific purpose?

• desolate

• meticulously

• allocation

• raucous

What word means harsh, strident?

• raucous

• immaculate

• desolate

• turbulence