Lit & Comp Vocab 8 Examples
Some people see Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden" as ________ the colonial powers of guilt for ______, or intruding, on native people's rights.
absolving; infringing
He spent time in Rhodesia each summer for eight years and seemed to have no _____ for colonial policies there. He apparently saw nothing to loathe.
antipathy
Kipling thought the East and West were ______, or contrary, in nature, yet his stories and poems have lessened the ______ people sometimes feel for different cultures.
antipodal; antipathy
Many imperialists at the time felt that it was natural for Europeans to be affluent and for native peoples to be ___________.
indigent
Kipling held political views that were popular with many other British people at the time. For example, he did not think imperialism ____________ on native people's rights, intruding upon their freedoms.
infringed
Even though some of Kipling's views may ________ people now (and their irritation is understandable), there is no reason to develop a(n) ______ for all of his work.
nettle; antipathy
Kipling had more than an ______ interest in native cultures; his interest was real and evident.
ostensible
The cruel deeds of the past can't be undone __________; we can't change the past.
retroactively
Kipling's writings are not _________, but are of genuine value. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907, which is more than an ________ honor:it is a very real one.
specious; ostensible
Kipling felt that the benefits Europeans brought to the people they defeated compensated for the _______ of their cultures.
subjugation