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Vocabulary Building: Week 2 - Religion, Politics, and Geography Terms

Enhance your vocabulary with this Week 2 lesson, focusing on key terms related to religion, governance, and geography. Learn the meanings and relevant usage of essential words like "religion," "halt," "battle," "persecute," "govern," "aqueduct," "foreign," "domestic," "peninsula," and "republic." Each term is defined with synonyms and contextual examples to enrich your understanding. Expand your linguistic skills and comprehension across various subjects, making it easier to engage in discussions and analyses.

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Vocabulary Building: Week 2 - Religion, Politics, and Geography Terms

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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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