Monday, July 27, 2009

What do these words mean in these sentences?

#1) endorsed





This doctrine, congenial to the intellectual climate of the end of the nineteenth century, was endorsed by the advocates of unrestricted competition in private enterprise.





A. signed, B. proven, C. approved of





#2) controvert





We way profoundly lament the tragical state of things, but we can neither controvert nor alter it.





A. deny, B. reverse, C. control





#3) subjugation





Nineteenth century imperialists could point to the "Origin of the Species" which has referred in its sub-titles to "The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life."





A. domination, B. defeat, C. accountability





#4) virulent





Hitler's virulent doctrine were the culmination of a half-century of social Darwinistic thinking in Germany.





#5) endowment





No nation is so able to grasp and appropriate all the elements of culture, to add to them from the stores of its own spiritual endowment, and to give back to mankind richer gifts than it received.





A. inheritance, B. blessing, C talent, D approval

What do these words mean in these sentences?
1 C approved of


2 A deny


3 A domination **


4 A malignant


5 A inheritance





**3 Word not in text





Thank you :)
Reply:C


B


A


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A
Reply:1.approved of





2.deny





3. defeat,





4. malignant





5. inheritance.


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