Week 3 Vocabulary

apparatus

equipment designed to serve a specific function

carp

raise trivial objections

circumstance

formal ceremony about important occasions

conclave

a confidential or secret meeting

corporeal

having material or physical form or substance; affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

cumbersome

difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; not elegant or graceful in expression

façade

the face or front of a building; a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

hindrance

the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding; any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

insidious

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; intended to entrap; beguiling but harmful

tyranny

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.); dominance through threat of punishment and violence