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WorksheetsStudy Sync Unit 2 Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
define lottery
any scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance.
a long-established custom or belief that has been passed on from one generation to another
To question someone for the purpose of gaining information
Taking the law into your own hands to gain revenge
Define tradition
an act or series of acts regularly repeated in a set precise manner
causing suffering because of different beliefs
define persecution
Passing on family traditions from one generation to the next
The act of randomly choosing a participant who will receive some sort of prize
To change from one belief to another
define populace
The act of officially ending or stopping something
Changing from one belief to another
define perfunctory
Done without thought or effort, mechanical
Officially stopping or ending something
Done in accordance with social custom or normal protocol
define attentive
The desire to possess something someone else has
An inclination, tendency, or capacity to learn or do something
define envy
To perform without thought, automatic
Being harassed or treated poorly due to different beliefs
define aptitude
Focused on a task or a speaker
A high level of difficulty learning a new task
define decree
A motive or desire to do something
To forcefully remove someone from a group
define banished
A law or mandate created by an official
The natural ability to complete a task
define commend
To desire what someone else has
define vigilante
The count of people within a community
To praise someone
define interrogation
Someone who takes the law into his own hands to get revenge
To fully focus on a task or speaker
define counterpoint
An opposite point of view of a particular subject
To point to a particular spot on a counter
To desire something someone possess
define fabrication
The act of questioning someone to gain information
To formally remove a person from a group
define encroaching
Using what's left of food and provisions
To create something whether a product or a lie
define sustenance
A random drawing of a name
Means of support, often referring to food or nourishment.
Slowly working into someone else's space
To officially announce a new law or mandate
define obliterate
An inherited or customary way of doing things, or believing
define condensed
Completely wiped out, destroyed
To praise for a job well done
define degenerate
To make smaller by condensing
To provide food and nourishment
