Immolate

Immolate: [im-uh-leyt]

Here's how to remember:
Immolate sounds like omelette and you have to sacrifice an egg to make an omelette.  











Quick history lesson: When the Aztecs took captives, they would enslave some and immolate the others as you see here.  Judging by the picture above, what do you think the word immolate means in context?







This is an example of a protester self-immolating himself.  Not the smartest thing to do.




Were going to switch it up a little here.  Instead find the synonym among the antonyms listed below.

Save
Preserve
Kill
Aid





Now find the correct definition that fights the examples shown above.

1. to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel
2. the total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism
3. to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another
4. a uniformed male servant; a servile follower