Lesons 27- 30
Terms
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- schism
- a split or division within the ranks of an organization
- veracity
- habitual adherence to the truth; accuracy
- sordid
- filthy and mean::: morally degrading or reprehensible
- volatile
- evaporating readily at normal temps.. or pressure levels::: changeable and potentially explosive
- tenable
- capable of being defended or maintained
- urbane
- refined, elegant, and sohpisticated in manner or style
- rudiment
- a basic principle, element or skill
- venerable
- worthy of reverence or respect because of character, position, age, or religious or historical associations
- reticent
- disinclined to speak out; reserved ro restrained
- surveillance
- close observation of a person or group considered suspicious; a continuous watch for the purpose of direction or control
- stipulate
- to specify or demand as a condition for aggrement; to guarantee or affirm
- wrath
- intense anger
- wane
- to decrease gradually in size, extent, power, or intensity::: a gradual decline or decrease
- salient
- an outward projection in a military
- ubiquitous
- being or seeming to be everywhere
- secular
- not religious; pertaining to wordly(as opposed to spiritual matters)
- tacit
- unspoken; implied or inferred
- usurp
- to seize a power, office, function, or the like without any legal right to do so
- sabotage
- to hamper, injure, or destroy maliciously or stealthily
- retribution
- just payment for something else; especialy a punishment