Spring - L6 - "Gone" ch 15-18 - Week 6 WC

In your own words, describe the meaning of the word "rehabilitate". You may use definitions, examples, synonyms or antonyms in your answer.

In your own words, describe the meaning of the word "redemption". You may use definitions, examples, synonyms or antonyms in your answer.

In your own words, describe the meaning of the word "repatriate". You may use definitions, examples, synonyms or antonyms in your answer.

His hold on power relied heavily on _________________________________. He needed to constantly lie and conceal the truth from people to keep them from questioning his authority.

The Eiffel Tower is unquestionably Paris's most recognizable ______________________________.

It was hard for him to get mad his little brother when he made a mistake. He was still so young and __________________________. He had a lot of growing and learning to do before he could be help responsible for his mistakes.

Select the best vocabulary word for the given definition: "a person who received help or advantage from something; a person set to inherit after a loss"

• beneficiary

• apprentice

• torrent

• assortment

In the novel "A Long Way Gone", Ishmael writes the following:

We sat in the rain wiping it off our faces and listening to its sound on the tile roof and the gushing of torrents onto the ground.

The Dictionary provides the following 4 definitions of the word "torrent":

1. a violent or forceful flow of fluid

2. a tumultuous or uncontrolled outpouring of ideas, emotions, or intangibles

3. A channel of a mountain stream

4. (in computing) a protocol that is used to distribute large computer files that have been segmented in small pieces between peer-to-peer users

Which of the above definitions best fits for Beah's use of the word "Torrent"

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Select the best vocabulary word for the given definition: "to call forth into action; to stir up for a purpose and provide stimulus for; to incite emotion up to and including anger"

• provoke

• infuriate

• acquire

• commotion

In your own words, describe the meaning of the word "somber". You may use definitions, examples, synonyms or antonyms in your answer.