asylum (uhsiiluhm) noun A safety shelter from danger or hardship. My family sought asylum in the United States after year of oppression in Cuba.
belligerent (buhlihjuruhnt) noun,adjective given to or marked by hostile or aggressive behavior Antonyms: friendly, peaceful The belligerent nations caused the entire war to break out.
cadaver (kuhdavur) noun The dead body of a human being. The cadaver will be used to teach medical students about the human body.
carnage (kornihj) noun The savage and excessive killing of many people. The Holocaust was an unspeakable act of carnage and brutality.
console (konsohl) noun,verb to comfort someone in sorrow or distress Antonyms: distress, perturb, upset It is very difficult to console someone who has lost someone they love.
cyanide (siiuhniid) An extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid. The cyanide gas was pumped into the cave in hopes to kill all of the rabid bats.
decadence (dEHkuhduhns) noun Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence. Once a society falls into decadence, it is easily conquered and defeated.
degenerate (dihjEHnuruht) To grow worse; decline in physical, mental, or moral qualities. Synonyms: nefarious, effete, rotten Antonym: regenerate We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
dialectic (diiuhlEHktihk) Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments. I abandoned my dialectic materialism of my comic strips in favor of a more sensible approach.
euphoria (yoofawreeuh) noun A feeling of complete or intense joy and peace. I was overcome with euphoria when my secret crush asked me out.
expelled (ihkspEHld) verb Remove from a position or office. Anyone caught cheating will be expelled from school.
fanatics (fuhnatihks) A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause).
Fanatics often don't allow other opinions.
frivolities Things that are of little or no value; things that are not needed.
With incredible unconcern, the nobles of Europe immersed themselves in social frivolities as the fearful juggernaut of World War I steamrolled ineluctably toward them.
imperialist (ihmpihreeuhlihst) 1. The imperialst guard closed the university. 2. one seeking to dominate weaker countries
obligatory (uhblihguhtawree) adjective binding in a legal or moral sense; required; compulsory
It was obligatory that I had to take a test to pass the sixth grade.
proletariat (prohluhtEHreeuht) A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
In ancient Rome the proletariat consisted of the poor landless freemen.
rebellious (rihbEHlyuhs) adjective Not doing what authority, society, etc. wants you to do.
Because he had been suspended from school, he was resentful and rebellious toward his teachers and principal.
regime (ruhzheem) noun a government in power, a form or system of rule or management; a period of rule
The regime of Saddam will no longer be able to repress the Iraqi people.
revolution (rEHvuhlooshuhn) noun in politics, a sudden radical change in government