Lang/Lit- Vocab 1st Quiz

Exercise (n)

something that actively requires physical activity to improve health and fitness

Abridging

shorten a piece of writing without loosing its sense

Petition

a formal written request typically signed by many people and appealing to authority with respect to a cause

Infringed

actively breaking the terms of a (law and agreement)

Redress

remedy or set right (of an unfair situation).

Prescribed (V)

of a medical practitioner advising a treatment/ medicine

Integrity

the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles

Martial (Adj)

of or appropriate to war; warlike

Formidable

inspiring fear or respect among a group through either being powerful, intense or capable.

Vigilant

keeping careful watch for possible difficulties and dangers

annihilation

complete destruction or oblieration

supplement

something that completes or enhances something else when added to it

abolish

formally putting an end to a system/ practice

Tyranny

cruel and oppressive government or rule

acquiesce

accepting something reluctantly but without protest

rectitude

morally correct behavior or thinking

arbitrary

a random choice on a personal whim

obstructed

blocking (a path or a road) getting in the way of something

Constraints

a limitation or restriction

usurpations

wrongful or illegal seizure, occupation

unalienable

not transferable to another or not; not capable of being taken or denied

absolved

set or declaring (someone) free from blame