1) des-ti-tute

2) The erthquake left thousands of people destitute.

3) poor

1) au-to-no-my

2)Some groups are fighting for autonomy.

Independence

1) ut-mo-st

2) He got the utmost sentence.

3) Maximum

1) am-bi-va-len-ce

2) I have ambivalence about changing my job.

3) Having conflict feelings.

1) as-cer-tain

2) How can you asertain which candidate you should vote for in the next election?

3) To find out definitely.

1) Per-se-cu-ted

2) Some religious groups gets persecuted.

3) To harass. to annoy continuosly.