Chapter 6

Question 1

anarchy

Answer 1

1. total absence of government

2. lack of order; total confusion

Question 2

apprehend

Answer 2

1. to seize; to arrest

2. to grasp the meaning of; to understand

Question 3

arraign

Answer 3

to bring before a court to face charges

Question 4

assimilate

Answer 4

1. to absorb into a population

2. to take in a part and absorb into the whole

Question 5

bizarre

Answer 5

strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar

Question 6

calamity

Answer 6

an event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster

Question 7

calamitous

Answer 7

disastrous

Question 8

conspire

Answer 8

1. to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal
2. to join or act together

Question 9

conspiracy

Answer 9

a joining with others to plan or carry out unlawful acts

Question 10

dissension

Answer 10

a difference of opinion; disagreement

Question 11

elapse

Answer 11

to pass or slip by (used with time)

Question 12

imminent

Answer 12

about to happen; likely to occur in the very near future

Question 13

interrogate

Answer 13

to ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner

Question 14

lionize

Answer 14

to treat as a celebrity

Question 15

meticulous

Answer 15

extremely careful; attentive to small details

Question 16

shackle

Answer 16

1. a ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement
2. something that prevents free action
3. to prevent freedom of action

Question 17

swelter

Answer 17

to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat

Question 18

sweltering

Answer 18

very hot and humid; uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather