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Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind. Act I Vocabulary Review. Vocabulary Definitions. Select the vocabulary word that corresponds to each of the following definitions. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country. Answer: Hinterland. characterized by firmness, steadfastness, or loyalty.

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Inherit the Wind

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  1. Inherit the Wind Act I Vocabulary Review

  2. Vocabulary Definitions • Select the vocabulary word that corresponds to each of the following definitions.

  3. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country

  4. Answer: Hinterland

  5. characterized by firmness, steadfastness, or loyalty

  6. Answer: Staunch

  7. to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth; to enjoy a pleasant situation

  8. Answer: bask

  9. to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt. a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt

  10. Answer: sneer

  11. a railroad or bus station; a storehouse or warehouse, as a building where freight is deposited

  12. Answer: Depot

  13. great eloquence in speech

  14. Answer: Oratorical

  15. deeply agitated

  16. Answer: Distraught

  17. a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity

  18. Answer: Infidel

  19. having a kindly disposition

  20. Answer: Benign

  21. to give up (an alleged fugitive or criminal) to another state or nation at its request.

  22. Answer: extradite

  23. a gloomy or threatening look

  24. Answer: Scowl

  25. disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious

  26. Answer: haughtily

  27. an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff's deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court

  28. Answer: Bailiff

  29. rank, unpleasant, and stale

  30. Answer: Rancid

  31. making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud

  32. Answer: Arrogant

  33. a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer. To publicize, announce, or advertise by means of placards.

  34. Answer: Placard

  35. ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of an unsophisticated person from a rural area.

  36. Answer: Caricatured rubes

  37. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.

  38. Answer: Gaunt

  39. a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.

  40. Answer: Valise

  41. anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle

  42. Answer: Heretic

  43. to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something. to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk

  44. Answer: Tread

  45. the right to vote, especially in a political election

  46. Answer: Suffrage

  47. the male head of a family or tribal line

  48. Answer: patriarch

  49. portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening

  50. Answer: Ominous

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