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Proud To Be An American Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Match the vocabulary words on the left with the definitions on the right.

1. terrorism to provide shelter or safety for.
2. evacuated to take in by breathing; breathe in.
3. harbored to give back confidence to.
4. hijack to leave a place or remove others from it, usu. because of danger.
5. unite a place that offers refuge or protection from arrest, seizure, or the like.
6. inhalation a feeling or condition of unity based on common goals, interests, and sympathies among a group's members.
7. inhumanity join together for a common purpose; make as one.
8. reassure to burn slowly and with smoke, but little or no flame.
9. repercussion the use of violence, torture, or physical intimidation by a group or organization as a means of forcing others to satisfy its demands.
10. retaliate a disastrous occurrence; calamity.
11. sanctuary to take charge of (an airplane or other vehicle) by force, so as to compel it to go somewhere, to demand ransom, or the like.
12. smolder all human beings considered together, esp. in regard to their group relationships.
13. society (usu. pl.) a result or effect of an action or event, often occurring indirectly or unexpectedly.
14. solidarity to strike back in kind; take revenge.
15. tragedy lack of pity, sympathy, or kindness; cruelty.
16. unspeakable Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism.
17. aftermath an alliance, esp. a temporary one, of various factions, parties, or nations.
18. coalition too objectionable or shocking to be expressed or described; extremely bad.
19. counterterrorism the result or consequence of an event.

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