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Born a Crime Vocab #1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define: Apartheid

a)

 the act or returning something stolen to its proper owner

b)

 inspiring disgust and loathing

c)

a system of segregation based on race in South Africa from 1948–1991; literally means "apartness" in Afrikaans

d)


to possess a certain quality or characteristic

2.

Define: Restitution

a)

the act or returning something stolen to its proper owner

b)

a sum of money paid as compensation

c)


to possess a certain quality or characteristic

d)

to censure or criticize severely

3.

Define: Propagate

a)

to censure or criticize severely

b)

to spread and promote an idea widely

c)

inspiring disgust and loathing

d)

a sum of money paid as compensation

4.

Define: Rhetoric

a)


a literary device where an author includes vivid sensory details (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch), generally to develop the reader’s understanding of setting

b)

An author/speaker’s attitude toward a topic or an audience, which is often conveyed through word choice and/or literary devices

c)

the art of persuasion, including the study of techniques a writer or speaker uses to inform, motivate, or persuade a specific audience in a specific situation

d)

to grant or bestow

5.

Define: amnesty

a)


an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offense

b)

 the act or returning something stolen to its proper owner

c)


to censure or criticize severely

d)

to spread and promote an idea widely

6.

Pick the word that fits the definition: a set of beliefs or philosophies

a)

apartheid

b)

confer

c)

an agreement

d)

ideology

7.

Which word does this definition match?

unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor

a)

inalienable

b)

pernicious

c)

imbue

d)

excoriate

8.

Which word does this definition match?

inspiring disgust and loathing

a)

propagate

b)

restitution

c)

abhorrent

d)

covenant

9.

Which word matches the definition below:

An author/speaker’s attitude toward a topic or an audience, which is often conveyed through word choice and/or literary devices

a)

Imagery

b)

Rhetoric

c)

Tone

d)

Epistrophe

10.

Which word matching the definition below:

a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652

a)

Zulu

b)

Xhose

c)

Afrikaners

d)

African Dutch