Between the World and Me pages 4-25 Vocabulary

What is the synonym for "persist"?

• Yield

• Endure

• Abandon

• Relinquish

Which word is an antonym for "banal"?

• Mundane

• Commonplace

• Original

• Routine

Inviolable means:

• Vulnerable

• Sacred and cannot be violated

• Fragile

• Mutable

What is the meaning of "despot"?

• Eager

• Tyrant

• Benevolent

• Reckless

What does "pummel" imply?

• Encourage

• Beat repeatedly

• Soothe

• Negotiate

Persist

• To dislodge forcefully

• To banalize

• To dream continuously

• To continue firmly in a course of action

Despot

• A handiwork specialist

• A leader with unlimited power

• A nationalist philosopher

• To entrap someone

Visceral

• An inhabitant of the galaxy

• Felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body: deep

• A form of privilege

• Exceptionally vivid

Array

• A sheer garment

• An ordered arrangement

• A grand gesture

• To resent deeply

Unshackle

• To accuse vehemently

• To free from restraints

• To clash with authority

• To persist stubbornly