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Balboa
ACT/SAT Definitions
100
to urge or coax
What is cajole?
100
What was the name of Balboa's dog, and what does it mean?
What is Leoncico (little lion)?
100
Blandish
What is to coax by using flattery?
200
Tremendous noise
What is cacophony
200
Pure or unspoiled
What is pristine?
200
What did Balboa discover, and what name did he give it?
What is Pacific Ocean, South Sea?
200
Descrate
What is to violate the sacredness of a think or place.
300
a gift or blessing; jolly
What is boon?
300
Holding together in an orderly fashion
What is coherent?
300
Name all three of Balboa's occupations.
What is pig farmer, governor, explorer?
300
Demure
What is quiet, modest, reserve?
400
hard-working, diligent
What is assiduous?
400
food supply
What is provision?
400
What kingdom on the east coast of the New World was Balboa govern?
What is Darien?
400
Acrimony
What is bitter, discord?
500
keen insight
What is acumen?
500
Two words: 1) disagreement or conflict 2) difference in quality
What is 1) discord and 2) distinction?
500
At the beginning of the story, the narrator says that Balboa is "dragging the mantle of civilization up the pristine slopes, over the mud, over the leaves" (lines 12-13). What does this image suggest about Balboa and the "civilization" that he is bringing with him?
What is Balboa is bringing a civilization of cruelty and barbarity - and the pristine slopes will soon be drenched in blood?
500
Credulity
What is readiness to believe