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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
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Question 1.
dispassionate
(d
ĭ
s-p
ă
sh
ə
-n
ĭ
t)
-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
Albert Anker /Jmcmann via Wikimedia Commons
Dispassionate
means
a. unreasonable.
b. unemotional.
c. disturbing.
Dispassionate
Not
dispassionate
Albert Anker /Jmcmann via Wikimedia Commons
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