Semester 1: Key Vocab 2

Grievance

1.)A real or imagined wrong or cause for complaint

2.) A feeling of resentment over something believed to be wrong or unfair.

Fidelity

Faithfulness to which one is bound by pledge of duty.

Supplicate

To ask for or beg for something earnestly or humbly

Expiate

A tone for making amends (as guilty as a sin)

Truncate

To shorten by cutting off a part (text or speech).

Hegemony

The social, cultural, ideological or economic influence expected by a domestic group; Domination, authority or influence over others.