Week of 12/04-12/08 Vocabulary Quiz

Definition: insurrection

• Peaceful protest
• a rebellion against established authority or government

• to injure by beating or rough treatment

• Civil discourse

Definition: thesis

• A statement or theory that is put forward to be proved

• A mathematical equation used to solve complex problems
• A form of government ruled by a single leader with absolute power
• A type of dessert made with layers of sponge cake and cream

Definition: maul

• To handle gently and with care
• To heal or mend
• To ignore or avoid completely
• To handle roughly or to attack and injure

Definition: deliberate

• equally skillful with either hand

• to consider carefully, especially as a group

• a meeting or meeting place for public discussion

• a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building

Definition: forum

• equally skillful with either hand

• to consider carefully, especially as a group

• a meeting or meeting place for public discussion

• a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building

Definition: edifice

• equally skillful with either hand

• to consider carefully, especially as a group

• a meeting or meeting place for public discussion

• a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building

Definition: ambidextrous

• equally skillful with either hand

• to consider carefully, especially as a group

• a meeting or meeting place for public discussion

• a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building

Definition: belated

• early
• on time
• late
• punctual

Definition: animate

• To remove all color from something
• To make something heavier
• To make something smaller
• To give life or motion to

Definition: knead

• To fly in the air
• To jump over a mountain
• To work and press into a mass with the hands (clay/dough)

• To swim in the ocean