Vocab

Cards (29)

  • feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others. compassionate
  • a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment.  niche
  • extremely impressive or attractive. stunning
  • widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.  prevalent
  • incumbent necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility
  • regime a government, especially an authoritarian one.
  • dissonance lack of harmony among musical notes.
  • special importance, value, or prominence given to something  emphasis
  • compensable (of a loss or hardship) for which compensation can be obtained.
  • conducive tending to promote the development of something; favourable.
  • exacerbate make worse or more severe.
  • disparate differing greatly from each other in nature, quality, etc.; dissimilar.
  • truce an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time.
  • impede delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
  • ubiquitous: present, appearing, or found everywhere.
  • liberty: the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views
  • privilege: a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.
  • negligible: so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.
  • excerpt: a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.
  • ambiance: the character and atmosphere of a place.
  • ineffable: too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
  • inference: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
  • infer: deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
  • usher: show or guide (someone) somewhere.
  • unprecedented: never done or known before.
  • etched: made by or subjected to etching.
  • firm: having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.
  • probation: the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.
  • solely: not involving anyone or anything else; only.