Code Talker Vocabulary Quiz

To be excluded or treated as being of no importance.

• marginalized (v.)

• pulverized (v.)

• brutal (adj.)

• offensive (adj.)

The state of having the same value, measure, or quantity as something else.

• sacred (adj.)

• tradition (n.)

• equality (n.)

• segregation (n.)

The suffix for 'caused to become'

• -ize

• re-

• -ism

• contra-

The beliefs and customs of a culture or group handed down from one generation to the next.

• sacred (adj.)

• culture (n.)

• plot

• tradition (n.)

Causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry.

• offensive (adj.)

• marginalized (adj.)

• platoon (n.)

• enlist (v.)

The person, thing, or idea that is being written or spoken of.

• central idea

• protagonist

• topic

• plot

What a piece of writing is mostly about. The most important thing the writer wants to tell you about the topic. Also known as the main idea.

• theme

• central idea

• plot

• propaganda (n.)

The message that the author wants you to know or learn about the topic of the text.

• theme

• topic

• plot

• protagonist

The spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or hurting an institution, cause, or person.

• segregation (n.)

• tradition (n.)

• motto (n.)

• propaganda (n.)

To reduce to fine particles, destroy utterly.

• brutal (adj.)

• catastrophic (adj.)

• reassure (v.)

• pulverized (v.)