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5 Matching Questions

  1. conformity
  2. preconception
  3. laxity
  4. ambivalent
  5. sanctimonious
  1. a carelessness, laziness
  2. b judgment made without experience
  3. c characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes
  4. d adjusting behavior to meet a group's standard
  5. e pretending to be holy or pious. "Ministers that are slave owners are _________; they do not practice love of their neighbors."

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation
  2. A poet who was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance movement and wrote the poem "If We Must Die" after the Chicago riot of 1919.
  3. (September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 metres, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team.
  4. concise and full of meaning adjective; "The man welcomed her _____ comments about politics."
  5. incapable of being solved or untangled

5 True/False Questions

  1. reprobate → to destroy the sacred nature of something

          

  2. fractious → Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome,; "Sometimes Eliza can be _________ when there are alot of people around".

          

  3. palsy → a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor;, Paralysis.

          

  4. malignant → of or expected from a son or daughter

          

  5. Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr → v. to lessen pain or distress ; to lessen the intensity of.