Lesson 16
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The document defines a number of terms including alliance, sly, repression, peripheral, martyr, bulwark, exodus, invidious, relinquish, and abominable. It provides brief definitions or explanations of each term, with alliance defined as a temporary union of nations or factions, sly defined as treacherous or working in a hidden way, and repression defined as the suppression of painful ideas or memories.
Lesson 16
- 2. an alliance, usually of nations, political parties, or factions; a temporary union
- 4. sly; treacherous; working in a hidden or dangerous way
- 6. the holding back or subduing; suppression; pushing painful ideas or memories into the subconscious (in psychiatry)
- 8. away from the central part; on the edge; only slightly concerned with the important part; unessential
- 10. one who is persecuted, tortured or killed for refusing to renounce religious principles; one who sacrifices for the sake of a belief or cause; to torture or put to death for refusing to deny a belief or faith
- 12. a wall of earth used for defense; a person or thing that gives support or protection
- 14. a departure, usually of a great number of people
- 16. likely to cause ill will or envy; hateful
- 18. to relinquish, usually a claim, right, or privilege; to defer or delay
- 20. abominable; grossly wicked and hateful; vile