Çözüldü Vocabulary

On July 8, 1919, I sent a telegram to the Minister of War and another at 11 p.m. to the Sultan himself, in which I announced that I resigned my duties and my commission in the Army. I communicated this to the troops and the people. Henceforward I continued to do my duty according to the dictates of my conscience, free from any official rank and restriction, trusting solely to the ________ and ________ of the nation itself, from which I drew strength, energy, and inspiration as from an inexhaustible spring.

A) cataclysm / ancestry
B) dormer / inerrancy
C) malediction / opprobrium
D) compassion / magnanimity
E) precept / secession

Correct Choice: D (compassion / magnanimity)

"The Great Speech" by Marshall Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Word Meanings: (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/)
cataclysm: an event that causes a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change
ancestry: your ancestors who lived a long time ago, or the origin of your family
dormer: a window that sticks out from a sloping roof
inerrancy: the fact of containing no faults or mistakes
malediction: words that are intended to bring bad luck to someone or that express the hope that someone will have bad luck
opprobrium: severe criticism and blame
compassion: a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them
magnanimity: kindness and generosity
precept: a rule for action or behavior, especially obtained from moral thought
secession: the act of becoming independent and no longer part of a country, area, organization, etc.