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Vocab 6. 1) Anarchy – total absence of government Government officials fled the country leaving it in a state of anarchy. 2) Apprehend – to seize; arrest; grasp the meaning of The terrorist was apprehended just before he boarded the plane. He never fully apprehended what happened.
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1) Anarchy – total absence of government Government officials fled the country leaving it in a state of anarchy.
2) Apprehend – to seize; arrest; grasp the meaning of The terrorist was apprehended just before he boarded the plane. He never fully apprehended what happened.
3) Arraign – To bring before a court to face charges The young man missed his arraignment.
4) Assimilate – To absorb into a population; to absorb into a whole The foreigner had to assimilate into American society. The student assimilated the information for the test.
5) Bizarre – Strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar He felt like the modern artwork was bizarre.
6) Calamity – An event that causes great suffering and harm; disaster It was a calamity that everyone failed the test.
7) Conspire– to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal The students conspired to not go to class tomorrow.
8) Dissension – difference of opinion; disagreement There was dissension in the classroom over the test results.
9) Elapse – to pass by or slip by Five years elapsed before they saw each other again.
10) Imminent – About to happen; likely to occur in the very near future The test on these words is imminent.
11) Interrogate – to question, especially in a formal manner They interrogated the prisoner for two days.
12) Lionize – To treat as a celebrity Many professional athletes are lionized.
13) Meticulous – Extremely careful; attentive to small details The lady was very meticulous with her housecleaning.
14) Shackle – a ring or band put around the arm or leg to restrict movement; restrict freedom The prisoner had to wear the shackle all day long.
15) Swelter – To suffer from or be overcome with heat When the windows are closed, the classroom becomes sweltering.