Week 21 Vocabulary (NTS)

Choose the best definition for protagonist.

• A character in a story, often the bad guy.

• A person that leads an army.

• A character in a story that protests.

• The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.

Definition: a feeling that someone or something is not worthy of any respect or approval

Choose the vocabulary word.

• protagonist

• impassive

• contempt

• obstinate

Definition: an unexpected and usually unpleasant thing that happens

Choose the vocabulary word.

• impassive

• incident

• ethics

• contempt

"She glanced through the window, down to the street corner where the soldiers stood, their faces impassive beneath the metal helmets."

Choose the best definition for the underlined word.

• a situation in which the military of a foreign government goes into an area or country and takes control of it

• stubborn; unyielding

• to deliberately destroy or damage

• showing no feeling or emotion

"Ellen hesitated, then nodded and shifted her own (a)   of books against her shoulders"

Definition: effort made to stop or to fight against someone or something

Choose the vocabulary word.

• obstinate

• ethics

• resistance

• rucksack

Choose the best definition for obstinate:

• stubborn; unyielding

• the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions

• a situation in which the military of a foreign government goes into an area or country and takes control of it

• showing no feeling or emotion

Definition: to deliberately destroy or damage

Choose the vocabulary word.

• resistance

• sabotage

• protagonist

• rucksack

What does ethics mean?

• the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions

• The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.

• to deliberately destroy or damage

• a situation in which the military of a foreign government goes into an area or country and takes control of it

"There had been no real coffee in Copenhagen since the beginning of the Nazi (a)   ."