U10 Vocab

Assertion

a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

Austere

severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance

Boost

to increase or improve something

Complacent

showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements

Contemplate

look thoughtfully for a long time at

Dilemma

a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones

Dominion

sovereignty or control // territory of a sovereign or government

Empirical

based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

Establish

set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis // achieve permanent acceptance or recognition for

Locomotion

movement or the ability to move from one place to another

Materialistic

excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented

Perish

suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way

Postulate

to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing

Prohibit

formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority

Qualitative

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity

Repudiate

refuse to accept or be associated with

Tactful

having or showing respectfulness