Final Exam Vocabulary List Flashcards
(24 cards)
Forbearance
Patience, restraint
Suppress
To check or inhibit the expression of an impulse , to deliberately hold back
Ramifications
Developments , consequences
Flippant
Disrespectfully humorous or casual
Explicitly
Fully and clearly expressed
Precariously
Dangerously
Coddle
To treat with indulgence
Taunts
Jeers, gibes, words meant to ridicule
Embankment
Mound of earth or stone built to hold back water
Fraction
Fragment , small amount or part
Diverged
Extended in different direction from the same point
Claim
A right to
Galvanizes
Arouses to awareness or action
Coercive
Dominating or controlling forcefully
EQuitably
Fair and just
Intangible
Incapable of being perceived through the senses
Plagiarism
Passing off someone else’s ideas or works as your own
Integrity
Strict observance of moral or ethical code
Accountable
Responsible , answerable for
Intentional
Purposeful, acting on a plan, planning ahead
Moderation
Within reason, not extreme
Transit
Passage,passing through or across
Discord
lack of agreement
Perpetrated
Committed