SPEAK UP!
Interject
(v.) - say abruptly especially as an aside or interruption
Patriotism
(n.) - love for, or loyalty to, one’s country
Affect
(v.) - to influence, cause a change in, or have an impact on
Zest
(n.) - a sense of great pleasure or enjoyment
(Punct)ure
(v.) - to make a small hole by means of a sharp object; to cause to collapse
(punct) - pierce, point
Elaborate
(v.) - to add details to something; to explain more fully
Nationalism
(n.) - a feeling of being proud of one’s country with the belief it is better than others; national superiority
Effect
(n.) - something that happens because of something else
Threshold
(n.) - a strip of metal, wood, or stone forming the bottom of a door; must be crossed to enter a room or house
Punctuated
(v.) (adj.) - occur at intervals throughout
Beckoned
(v.) - summoned by means of a specific gesture like a nod or wave
Ardent
(adj.) - having or showing very strong feelings of passion, desire, and loyalty
Initiated
(v.) (adj.) - to cause to begin, start, or originate
Intruded
(v.) - to enter or thrust oneself when uninvited or unwelcomed; barge in
Unattainable
(adj.) - not able to be reached or achieved
Coerced
(v.) (adj.) - to persuade, or pressure a person to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like
Insubordination
(n.) - unwillingness to submit to order; disobedience
Regeneration
(n.) - act or process of regrowth or renewal such as in animal or plant tissue
Re(ject)ed
(v.) (adj.) - dismiss as inadequate; refuse to agree to
(ject) - to throw
Conjectures
(n.) - an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
Exhorted
(v.) - to urge, advise, or incite with great seriousness
Ostracized
(v.) (adj.) - to exclude or shun
(Gene)rator
(n.) - someone or something that creates something such as energy or converting energy into electricity
(gene) - birth, kind, creation
Degeneration
(n.) - state or process of losing functions such as in the cells of tissues or organs; deterioration or decline
Disillusionment
(n.) - feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as great as once believed to be