The Words To Master Flashcards

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Dignity

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Calm, serious, and controlled behavior that makes people respect you.
Eg. He is a man of dignity and calm determination.

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Honour

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A quality that combines respect, being proud, and honesty.
Eg. A man of honour.
In order to celebrate or show respect for s.o or sth.
Eg. A banquet in honor of the president

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Ethic

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A system of accepted beliefs that control behavior, especially such a system based on moral.
Eg. The work ethic.
The ethics of journalism are much debated.

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Moral

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Related to the standards of good or bad behavior, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than to laws.
Eg. It’s her moral obligation to tell the police what she knows.

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Defy - T verb

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To refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.
It is rare to see children w ere openly defying their teachers.
A few workers have defied the majority decision and gone into work despite the strike.
The fact that aircraft don’t fall out of the sky always seems to defy ( act against ) the law of gravity.

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Feat

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Something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, courage, etc. to achieve it.
The Eiffel Tower is a remarkable feat of engineering.
She is performed remarkable feat of organization for the office.

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