Final test 2 Flashcards
tenure
the right to remain permanently a job, land,โฆ
deem
to consider or judge
legitimacy
the quality of being legal
trivial
having little value or importance
~ inconsequential
compassionate
feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to help them
anticipate
expect
commodify
to treat or consider something as a commodity (= a product that can be bought and sold)
evaluating
~tallying ~ganging
engender
cause sth to exist
~elicit ~generate
insurmountable
to great to be overcome
~insuperable ~irresolvable
equivocal
not clear, seeming to have 2 opposite meanings
~ambiguous ~embivalent
irreproachable
without fault therefore impossible to criticize
ineluctable
impossible to avoid
~inevitable ~unavoidable
intractable
hard to deal with
antithetical
directly contrasted
indispensable
essential
amalgamate
combine
dissuade
persuade someone not to do sth
~deter
garner
collect sth after much work
endeavor to
attempt to
circumvent
to avoid (especially cleverly or illegally)
maneuverability
kha nang co dong
perch
to be in a high position or near the edge
locomotion
the ability to move
~movement