Understanding Key Vocabulary Terms

What does the word “civil” mean?

• Feeling or expressing guilt, regret, or remorse

• Polite and respectful

• Disobedience or resistance to someone else’s wishes

• Very weak or not substantial

If someone is “conscious” of their surroundings, they are:

• Disobedient

• Aware of something or one’s surroundings

• Lacking worldly experience

• Expressing guilt or remorse

What does “contrite” mean?

• Pointless; unable to produce any useful result

• Feeling or expressing guilt, regret, or remorse

• A system of ranking groups of people one above the other

• Extreme hopefulness or belief in something

“Defiance” refers to:

• Politeness and respect

• A system of ranking groups of people

• Disobedience or resistance to someone else’s wishes

• Lack of worldly experience

Which word describes something that is “pointless” and “unable to produce any useful result”?

• Tenuous

• Idealism

• Contrite

• Futile

The term “hierarchy” means:

• Lack of worldly experience

• A system of ranking groups of people one above the other

• Extreme hopefulness or belief in something

• Very weak or not substantial

What does the word “tenuous” mean?

• Very weak or not substantial

• Polite and respectful

• Disobedience or resistance to someone else’s wishes

• Feeling or expressing guilt, regret, or remorse

If someone is described as having “idealism,” they are:

• Lacking worldly experience

• Extreme hopefulness or belief in something

• Aware of something or one’s surroundings

• Disobedient

What does “naivety” mean?

• Lack of worldly experience

• Politeness and respect

• Disobedience or resistance to someone else’s wishes

• Very weak or not substantial

Which word means “feeling or expressing guilt, regret, or remorse”?

• Futile

• Contrite

• Tenuous

• Idealism