The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society
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| Paralysis | The loss of muscle function in part of your body. |
| Semiliterate | Unable to read or write with ease or fluency; poorly educated. |
| Confiscated | Appropriated by the government |
| Humiliate | To humiliate someone means to say or do something which makes them feel ashamed or stupid. |
| Admonition | A warning or criticism about someone's behaviour. |
| Mislay | To put in an unremembered place |
| Misery | A state of great unhappiness and emotional distress |
| Opprobrium | Open criticism or disapproval of something that someone has done |
| Inducement | If someone is offered an inducement to do something, they are given or promised gifts or benefits in order to persuade them to do it. |
| Submerged | If something is submerged, it is below the surface of some water. |
| Resentment | Bitterness and anger that someone feels about something. |