Vocab: Unit Two 

 1. Surprisingly, the white potato, which I have always associated with Ireland, is _______ to the Americas- indigenous  2. Is the expression “It is me” to be regarded as a ______ or as an acceptable idiomatic form-

    solecism  3. A hard-line speech may gain the congressperson the applause of their followers, but overall it will _______ sentiments throughout the country and impair national unity- polarize  4. The goal of this course in world history is _______; therefore, we will carefully examine primary texts from the time periods we study- exegesis  5. The issue is basically a simple one, and your efforts to _______ it by raising endless technical objections will have no effect on us- obfuscate  6. My classics professor was compiling a complete _______ of the Latin language- lexicon  7. Both sides let on that the negotiators were still miles apart, when in fact the distance that separated their opinions was _______- minuscule  8. ________ from their Old World environments, European immigrants had difficult adjustments to make - Defacinated  9. When South Korea was invaded, the United States organized a collective defense effort under the _____ of the United Nations- aegis

  1. If you are ever to get out of this tangles mess, now is the time for action, not indulgence in _______ self-pity - lachrymose
  2. A case of that type, which does not involve a federal law or constitutional issue, does come within the _______ of the Supreme Court - purview
  3. The third period was married by a bench-clearing ______ that left the hockey rink littered with discarded gloves and sticks -Melee
  4. She defended her policy of hiring a ________ by noting that even with a supportive audience, someone is needed to get the applause started- claque
  5. He came to realize that the inner city in which he had been raised was a ________ of the sufferings of impoverished people all over the world - microcosm
  6. I am not given to undue optimism, but the preliminary results of the polls make me _______ about the outcome of the election - sanguine
  7. “The rash and ________ behavior of that young hothead almost cost us the battle, to say nothing of the war,” the general remarked sourly - bibulous
  8. Without expressing opinions, simply _______ us as promptly as possible of the results of the conference - apprise
  9. No matter how fantastic and far-fetched the themes of Ray Bradbury’s stories may be, he seems able to achieve an extraordinary effect of ________ - verisimilitude
  10. At the outset of World War II, Lithuania lost its sovereignty and became an unwilling ________ of the Soviet Union- vassal
  11. The people of the underserved area need a program that will “help themselves”- not a form of _______ that will make them completely dependent on outside aid - paternalism

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