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The Other Wes Moore Part 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.

a)

Tentative

b)

Diverge

c)

Ponder

d)

Diaspora

2.

unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant

a)

Tentative

b)

Mollified

c)

Perpetual

d)

Apartheid

3.

any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily, as Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

a)

Diaspora

b)

Apartheid

c)

Mollified

d)

Bemusement

4.

having been pacified or appeased, or showing appeasement

a)

Diverge

b)

Ponder

c)

Heinous

d)

Mollified

5.

any system or practice that separates people according to color, ethnicity, caste, etc.

a)

Apartheid

b)

Perpetual

c)

Heinous

d)

Tentative

6.

hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible

a)

Apartheid

b)

Heinous

c)

Ponder

d)

Perpetual

7.

to cause to be mildly amused, especially in a detached way

a)

Mollified

b)

Heinous

c)

Quell

d)

Bemusement

8.

to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully

a)

Mollified

b)

Ponder

c)

Diaspora

d)

Heinous

9.

to suppress; put an end to; extinguish

a)

Apartheid

b)

Diverge

c)

Quell

d)

Perpetual

10.

continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless

a)

Quell

b)

Bemusement

c)

Perpetual

d)

Diverge