Çözüldü Reading Comprehension - Paragraph Completion - Vocabulary - History of The Turkish Republic

The Armistice of Mudros was the _______ result of the cruel defeat that the Ottoman Government suffered together with their allies, and it was the stipulations of this armistice that exposed Ottoman territory to foreign occupation. It was also the acceptance of the clauses of this armistice that had logically led foreign countries to believe that it would be possible in the same way to induce us to _______ the provisions of the Sevres Treaty. However, Rauf Orbay Bey said that he signed this armistice in order "actually to prove the importance of our nation in the _______ of the world peace," this fantastic phrase was not of a nature to convince and _______ anybody in the world except himself, because this intention never existed.

A) notorious / disclose / demolition / stir
B) shameful / accept / restoration / console
C) immoral / turn down / reclamation / swirl
D) disgraceful / reconsider / havoc / perturb
E) shady / confirm / obliteration / discomfort

Correct Choice: B (shameful / accept / restoration / console)

"The Great Speech" by Marshall Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Meanings of Some Words: ( https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ )
armistice: (noun) a formal agreement between two countries or groups at war to stop fighting for a particular time, especially to talk about possible peace
console: (verb) to make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better, usually by giving them comfort or sympathy
convince: (verb) to persuade someone or make someone certain
cruel: (adjective) extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally
defeat: (noun) the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made to fail
demolition: (noun) the act of destroying something such as a building; the act of proving that an argument or theory is wrong
disclose: (verb) to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden
discomfort: (verb) to make uncomfortable or uneasy ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ )
expose: (verb) to remove what is covering something so that it can be seen
havoc: (noun) confusion and lack of order, especially causing damage or trouble
immoral: (adjective) morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour
induce: (verb) to persuade someone to do something
intention: (noun) something that you want and plan to do
notorious: (adjective) famous for something bad
obliteration: (noun) the action of removing all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen
perturb: (verb) to worry someone
reclamation: (noun) the attempt to make land suitable for building or farming
shady: (adjective) dishonest or illegal
shameful: (adjective) deserving blame, or being a reason for feeling ashamed
stipulation: (noun) a rule that must be followed or something that must be done
stir: (verb) to cause trouble intentionally between other people, especially by telling false or secret information
swirl: (verb) to move quickly with a twisting, circular movement, or to make something do this
turn down: (phrasal verb) to refuse an offer or request