Unit One Chapter 2: Ali Outside the Ring
Vocabulary in Context

Directions

Click on the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Use the context of the sentences to help you figure out the word’s meaning.

Question

Question 1. dispassionate   -adjective
  • The surgeon’s voice was dispassionate when he told the patient’s family that the operation had failed, but despite his calm tone, his eyes looked very sad.
  • “Historians are supposed to be dispassionate,” the speaker apologized, “but when my topic is the horrors of slavery, I find it difficult to keep my feelings hidden.”
Dispassionate Not dispassionate
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