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Vocabulary Week 2

Vocabulary Week 2 . Week 2 Day 1. Religion Halt Battle. Answer Day 1. Religion – the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods. "ideas about the relationship between science and religion" synonyms : faith ,  belief ,  worship ,  creed.

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Vocabulary Week 2

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  1. Vocabulary Week 2

  2. Week 2 Day 1 • Religion • Halt • Battle

  3. Answer Day 1 • Religion – • the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods. • "ideas about the relationship between science and religion" • synonyms: faith,  • belief, worship, creed

  4. Answer Day 1 • Halt – {hôlt}verb • 1.bring or come to an abrupt stop. • "there is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed" • Synonyms : stop

  5. Answer Day 1 • bat·tle – {batl} • Verb 1. fight or struggle tenaciously to achieve or resist something. • "he has been battling against the illness" • synonyms:fight, combat, contend with • Noun 1. a sustained fight between large, organized armed forces. • "the Battle of Shiloh" • synonyms:fight, armed conflict, clash, struggle, skirmish, engagement, fray, duel;

  6. Week 2 Day 2 • Persecute • Govern • Aqueduct

  7. Answer Day2 • Persecute - per·se·cute - pərsəˌkyo͞ot/ Verb • 1.subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, esp. because of their race or political or religious beliefs. • "his followers were persecuted by the authorities" • Synonyms : oppress, abuse, victimize, illtreat,  mistreat,  maltreat,  tyrannize, torment, torture

  8. Answer Day 2 • Govern - gov·ern - gəvərn / verb • 1.conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of a state, organization, or people. • "he was incapable of governing the country" • synonyms:rule, preside over, reign over, control, be in charge of, command, lead,dominate

  9. Answer Day 2 • Aqueduct - aq·ue·duct - ˈäkwəˌdəkt,ˈak- / noun • 1. an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley. • Synonyms : conduit, race, channel, chute,  watercourse, sluice, sluiceway, spillway

  10. Week 2 Day 3 • Foreign • Domestic

  11. Answer Day 3 • Foreign - for·eign - ˈfôrən,ˈfär-/adjective • 1. of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own. • "a foreign language" • synonyms: overseas, exotic, distant, external, alien, nonnative • 2. strange and unfamiliar. • "I suppose this all feels pretty foreign to you" • synonyms:unfamiliar, unknown, unheard of, strange, alien;

  12. Answer Day3 • Domestic - do·mes·tic - dəˈmestik/ adjective • 1. of or relating to the running of a home or to family relations. • 2. existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international. • Synonyms : family, home, householdnational, home, internal

  13. Week 2 Day 4 • Peninsula • Republic

  14. Answer Day 4 • Peninsula - pen·in·su·la {pəˈninsələ} noun • 1. A long piece of land with water on 3 sides. • Synonyms : • promontory, point,  Head, headland, foreland,  ness, bill, bluff

  15. Answer Day 4 • Republic - re·pub·lic {riˈpəblik} noun • 1. A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

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