Unit 3 Vocabulary

To rebel or be a person who leads a revolution. Ex: She was an ______________ during the war.

• Insurgent

• Perish

• Rend

• Scourge

Stubborningly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. He was an _____________ man. He refused to listen to anything other than the news.

• Obdurate

• Stolid

• Disparity

• Denounce

Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself. Ex: The politician would neither confirm or deny his association with the mob.

• Equivocate

• Conceded

• Dedicated

• Consecrate

The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise. In the morning, the sun ______________.

• Dawns

• Stark

• Falter

• Shrouds

The intention or desire to do evil. Ex: I wanted to seek revenge on my friend who betrayed my trust. I have ___________ in my heart towards her.

• Malice

• Presistence

• Imploring

• Importunities

Lower in rank, position, or stature. Ex: Everyone must bow to the king because they are _____________. they are lower than the king is.

• Subordinate

• Insurgent

• Obdurate

• Equivocate

Suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way. Ex: The old man___________ in the fire. He wasn't able to get out.

• Rend

• Perish

• Scourge

• Insurgent

A person who is calm, dependable, and showing little emotion. Ex: The old man was ____________ at his wife's funeral. He did even shed a tear.

• Obdurate

• Stolid

• Disparity

• Denounce

To admit that something is true and valid after first denying or resisting it. Ex: The South had to ________ to the North when they were defeated.

• Equivocate

• Conceded

• Dedicated

• Consecrate

Severe or bare in appearance or outline. To be brutally honest with someone. The _________ truth was that we were never going to make it out alive.

• Dawns

• Stark

• Falter

• Shrouds