Birmingham Vocab Flashcards
(19 cards)
What does the term ‘affiliate’ mean?
To be officially connected with or controlled by another, usually larger, company or organization.
Define ‘cognizant’.
Having knowledge or being aware of.
What is ‘mutuality’?
The sharing of feeling, action, or relationship between two or more parties.
What does ‘provincial’ refer to?
An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
What does ‘gainsaying’ mean?
To deny or contradict a fact or a statement.
What is the meaning of ‘unfettered’?
Unrestrained or uninhibited.
Define ‘millennium’.
A utopian period of good government, great happiness, and prosperity.
What is a devotee?
A person who is very interested in or enthusiastic about someone or something.
Example: ‘devotees of civil rights.’
What does estrangement mean?
The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group.
Example: ‘his awful estrangement, his terrible sinfulness?’
Define ordinance.
A piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
Example: ‘I can urge them to disobey segregation ordinances, for they are morally wrong.’
What is anarchy?
A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems.
Example: ‘That would lead to anarchy.’
What is an elegy?
A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Example: ‘Promise of democracy and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood!’
What does incorrigible mean?
Not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.
Example: ‘who have absolutely repudiated Christianity, and the white man is an incorrigible devil.’
What does it mean to emulate?
To match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation.
What does it mean to reiterate?
Say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
What does it mean to intimidate?
Frighten or overcome someone, especially to make them do what one wants.
What is infanticide?
The crime of killing a child within a year of its birth, specifically by the mother in some legal jurisdictions.
What does inextricably mean?
In a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate.
What does scintillating mean?
Sparkling or shining brightly.
