3rd monthly eng

Cards (62)

  • Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person.
  • MLA is the Modern Language Association, using both signal phrases and parenthetical references.
  • In-text citation is a system of parenthetical reference in the content of a paper or a research paper.
  • Forms of Cyberbullying can include posting rumors, threats, sexual remarks, a victim's personal information, or hate speech.
  • Bullying or harassment can be identified by repeated behavior and an intent to harm.
  • Outing and Trickery is a form of cyberbullying that involves sending or posting material that contains sensitive information.
  • Exclusion is a form of cyberbullying that involves actions that specifically and intentionally exclude a person from an online group.
  • Masquerade is a form of cyberbullying that involves pretending to be someone else.
  • Flaming is the act of sending angry, rude and vulgar messages.
  • Harassment is the repeated sending of offensive messages.
  • Cyberstalking is a form of harassment that includes threats of harm.
  • Denigration is the act of sending or posting harmful, untrue, statements about a person to other people.
  • Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living.
  • Poverty-stricken people and families might go without proper housing, clean water, healthy food, and medical attention.
  • Low to moderate economic growth for the past 40 years, low growth elasticity of poverty reduction, weakness in employment generation and the quality of jobs generated are causes of poverty.
  • Failure to fully develop the agriculture sector, high inflation during crisis periods, high levels of population growth, and high and persistent levels of inequality (incomes and assets) are also causes of poverty.
  • Exposure to risks such as economic crisis, conflicts, natural disasters, and environmental poverty can contribute to poverty.
  • anecdote - a short, entertaining account of some happening usually personal
    or biographical
  • pundit - a person who knows a lot about a particular subject
    and who expresses ideas and opinions about that subject publicly
  • quandary - dilemma; perplexing situation or position
  • raconteur - a person skilled at telling stories or anecdotes
  • ratiocination - reasoning; logic
  • recluse - a person who lives a secluded, solitary life.
  • connoisseur - a person who has expert knowledge and keen discrimination in
    some field
  • guffaw - aloud, coarse burst of laughter.
  • heyday - the time of greatest health, vigor, success, prosperity, etc.
  • idiosyncrasy - an unusual way in which a particular person behaves or thinks
  • plethora - overabundance; excess
  • verisimilitude - the quality of seeming real
  • vicissitude - a favorable or unfavorable event or situation
    that occurs by chance
  • virtuoso - a person who does something very skillfully
  • Yore: time long past
  • Brevity: conciseness
  • Elucidation: explanation that makes something clear; clarification
  • Miscellany: a collection of different things
  • Novice: a person new to a particular occupation, activity, etc.; apprentice; beginner
  • Verve: exuberant enthusiasm; spirit, dash, etc.
  • Larceny: theft
  • Nadir: the lowest point
  • Panacea: a supposed remedy for all diseases or ills; cure-all