{"id":1117,"date":"2010-09-24T06:29:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T11:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattangre.com\/blog\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:52:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:52:53","slug":"easily-confused-words-indignant-indigent-indigenous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/easily-confused-words-indignant-indigent-indigenous\/","title":{"rendered":"Easily Confused Words: Indignant, Indigent, Indigenous"},"content":{"rendered":"
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indignant \u00e2\u2030\u00a0 indigent \u00e2\u2030\u00a0 indigenous<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Indignant<\/a> means offended; feeling or expressing displeasure at something unjust or insulting.<\/p>\n

Indigent<\/a> means poor.<\/p>\n

Indigenous<\/a> means native, inherent, originating in and characteristic of a particular place.<\/p>\n

Fill in each blank with one indignant, indigent, or indigenous, then click “more”:<\/p>\n

The Native American leader said, “We are ________ that, due to persistent treaty violations and other acts of governmental abuse and neglect, so many of this nation’s ___________ people are tragically _________.”<\/p>\n

The apparently ___________ man on the subway was ___________ that we didn’t donate money after his off-key rendition of “My Girl.”<\/p>\n

I am in Borneo to study the ___________ flora and fauna.<\/p>\n

While the so-called “wolf girl” had been seriously neglected in her childhood, she apparently possessed an ___________ intelligence and was later able to learn to communicate and solve complex problems.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Answers:<\/p>\n