Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice Activity

Match the following Definitions with the vocabulary word that best fits.

• the act of making something better

• distress

• assert the opposite

• amelioration

• extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

• objection

• an expression or feeling of disapproval

• contradict

• being deprived of oxygen

• asphyxiation

1. In a debate, when one person presents an argument that directly opposes another person's viewpoint, it can be said that their argument __________ the opposing viewpoint.

2. Options: contradicts, objections, verifys, advocates

   
   

1. When someone expresses strong opposition or disagreement with an idea or proposal, they are voicing their __________ to it.

options: negate, objection, travail, distress

1. The process of __________ refers to the act of improving or making a situation better.

2. Options: asphyxiation, listlessly, travail, amelioration

   
   

1. A had an __________ to eating brussel sprounts because of the texture. It means an intense dislike or avoidance towards something or someone.

2. Options: amelioration, aversion, articulation, incessant

1. When someone is behaving __________, it means they are doing something without energy, enthusiasm, or interest.

2. Options: incessently, diminuative, infectously, listlessly

1. __________ refers to difficult or painful work or labor that requires a lot of effort and endurance.

• travail

• sneered

• entitled

• bigotry

A form of government that gives total power to a single leader or party.

• autocratical

• oligarchy

• totalitarian

• leftism

1. A set of beliefs and values that form the basis of a political or economic system

• philosophies

• ideaologies

• dogma

• marginalization

She __________ destroyed her brother's sandcastle after he splashed her with water.

• spitefully

• listlessly

• excentendly

• blistenlly