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