Brittany Weaver's Vocab Flashcards for ch.17&18
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- Insolence
- quality or instaqnce of being disrespectful and insulting; impudence
- Decimated
- having a tendency,inclined;lying flat,face down
- diversion
- a turning aside, as of traffic or attention; a game or pastime; a recreation
- annihilated
- to destroy completely; to vanquish
- concession
- to remove undesirable elements from; to rid; to remove
- moderation
- state of being restrained, avoidance of excesses; presiding over
- prone
- an act of granting or yeild something granted or yeiled; a privilage, such as the right to use land.
- flagrant
- obviously bad; notorious; outragious
- purge
- to destroy or kill a large part of
- evaded
- to escape or avoid something, specially by using deceit or cleverness, to avoid doin or answering something directly.
- Submission
- to object or oppose, not to approve
- pacifists
- a person opposed to force as a way of settling disputes; one who refuses to bear arms in a war
- mannerism
- a distinctive personal trait; an idiosyncrasy
- meticulous
- extremely careful; over precise pr fussy about details
- Dissent
- obedience; humbleness
- Mandatory
- required; obligatory
- Clemency
- a final demand or proposition
- inhibitions
- a lenient or merciful act
- protocal
- the act of holding back; an inner belief, feeling, or forcethat checks one's actions.
- Ultimatums
- the code prescribing formal etiquette and precedence for offical ceremonies and dealings, as with diplomats and the military