Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis Vocabulary Words
Across
- 1. (noun) a roughly made model of a particular person, made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger.
- 4. (noun) government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly.
- 7. (adjective) an area of land lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.
- 9. (noun) a disorderly crowd; a mob.
- 10. (adjective) seeking or intended to disrupt an established system or institution
- 12. (noun) a personal follower of Jesus during his life, especially one of the twelve Apostles.
- 14. (noun) a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble.
- 16. (noun) an extreme and often unquestioning enthusiasm, devotion, or zeal for something.
- 18. (adjective) not openly acknowledged or displayed.
- 21. (noun) the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
- 22. (noun) an active revolt or uprising.
- 23. (noun) a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- 24. (noun) a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
- 25. (noun or verb) the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political reasons.
Down
- 2. (noun) a form of a religion that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.
- 3. (noun) a person who speaks for God or a deity or by divine inspiration
- 5. (noun) moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.
- 6. (noun) the belief that society needs to be changed, and that these changes are only possible through revolutionary means.
- 8. (noun) a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- 11. (noun) the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
- 13. (verb) to carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action).
- 15. (noun) a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
- 17. (noun) a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 19. (verb, noun, or adjective) having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable.
- 20. (adjective) denoting attitudes, activities, or other things with no religious or spiritual basis.