Lesson 17 & 18
Terms
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- meticulous
- extremely careful; overly precise or fussy about details
- concession
- an act of granting or yielding; a privilege, such as the right to use land, granted for a specific purpose
- dessent
- to object or oppose, not to approve
- protocol
- the code prescribing formal etiquette and precedence for official ceremonies and dealings, as with diplomats and the military; an original draft or record of a negotiation or document
- mandatory
- required; obligatory
- annihilated
- to destroy completely; to vanquish; to make ineffectual or unimportant; to kill
- pacifists
- a person opposed to force as a way of settling disputes; one who refuses to bear arms in a war
- decimated
- to destroy or kill a large part of
- moderation
- state of being restrained, avoidance of excesses; presiding over, as a meeting; mediation
- insolence
- quality or instance of being disrespectful and insulting; impudence
- ultimatums
- a final demand or proposition
- diversion
- a turning aside, as of traffic or attention; a game or pastime; a recreation
- flagrant
- obviously bad; notorios; outragous
- clemency
- a lenient or merciful act; mildness, as of weather
- submission
- obedience; humbleness
- evaded
- to escape or avoid something, especially by using deceit or cleverness; to avoid doing or answering something directly
- mannerism
- a distinctive personal trait; an idiosyncrasy; an exaggerated or unnatural style or habit, as in speech or dress
- purge
- to remove undesirable elements from; to rid; to remove by cleansing
- prone
- having a tendency, inclined; lying flat, face down
- inhibitions
- the act of holding back; an inner belief, feeling, or force that checks one's actions, thoughts, or feelings