Deck 19: Getting Mad and Making up

Question 1

Pacify means

A)argue
B)assault
C)soothe

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
The United States used the atomic bomb to completely Japan.

Answer 2

vanquish

Question 3

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
The personal between Lyndon B.Johnson and Robert F.Kennedy, the president's brother, began when Johnson was vice president and Robert Kennedy generally treated Johnson like a country fool.

Answer 3

animosity

Question 4

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
The painter considered the review of her work such a personal that when she met the critic who wrote it, she refused to speak to him.

Question 5

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
The boxing champion and his challenger almost came to blows during the press conference before the actual fight.

Question 6

Vanquish means

A)overpower
B)calm down
C)offer help

Question 7

Rapport means

A)division
B)irritation
C)understanding

Question 8

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
When he saw the data that disproved his theory, he was forced to that he had been wrong all along.

Question 9

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
In an attempt to critics of his brutal policies in the Congo, King Leopold of Belgium poured huge sums of money into parks and monuments, but critics called his offerings "blood money," earned through the pain misery and death of those he ruled.

Question 10

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
Both sides emerged from the physical bruised and bloody.

Question 11

Altercation means

A)fight
B)solution
C)advice

Question 12

Belligerent means

A)battle weary
B)eager for a fight
C)opposed to any fighting

Question 13

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
Given what each candidate had said about the other, their face-to-face meetings were far from .

Question 14

Concede means

A)smooth over
B)admit
C)attack

Question 15

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
Inclined to with one another over petty problems, the partners were generally in agreement on larger personal and professional issues.

Question 16

Affront means

A)war
B)conquest
C)insult

Question 17

Bicker means

A)to befriend strangers
B)make peace
C)argue over petty issues

Question 18

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
concede
altercation
animosity
affront
amicable
rapport
vanquish
bicker
belligerent
pacify
In style and appearance, Serena and Venus Williams couldn't be more different, but they still share an obvious .

Question 19

Amicable means

A)outraged
B)sore
C)good natured

Question 20

Animosity means

A)bitterness
B)peace offering
C)wound