Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Writings" - Vocab

Question 1

conviction

Answer 1

• noun

- fixed or firm belief

Question 2

absolve

Answer 2

• verb

- to free from guilt or blame of their consequences

Question 3

suffrage

Answer 3

• noun

- approval; support

Question 4

constitution

Answer 4

• noun

- character or condition of mind; temperament; disposition

Question 5

exhilaration

Answer 5

• noun

- a feeling of high spirits or lively joy

Question 6

occult

Answer 6

• adjective

- secret or hidden from view

Question 7

incorrect use of vocab word

Answer 7

• if you don’t finish all you work, you will get a bad grade and bad exhilaration
• mary’s election was conviction from other members of the club that she would be the best president
• he read his occult in the paper each morning to see what kind of day he was going to have
• there is so much suffrage in the world that we all need to take action to relieve it
• no matter how hard he tried, Tom couldn’t absolve the right answer