Thẻ ghi nhớ: Series 8 | Quizlet

1. Inflation (n)

A general, continuous increase in prices.

Ex: Unemployment, inflation and greater inequality are often the downside of a market economy.

2. Mitigate (v)

To make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad.

Ex. Such damage to visitors experiences leads to economic losses for the parks and their surrounding communities. If these damaging effects are not soon mitigated, the outlook for our parks is bleak.

3. Exacerbate (v)

To make something that is already bad even worse.

Ex. This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.

4. Indictment (n)

A statement that criticizes someone or something strongly for being bad or wrong.

Ex. Last year—the first year for which complete figures are available—there were fifteen indictments, twenty-two prisoners, and some seventy-nine witnesses were called

5. Riot (n)

An occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as a protest.

Ex. One prison guard was killed when a riot broke out in the jail.

6. Pivotal (adj)

Central and important because other things depend on it.

Ex. 'the arrest and trial of the group known as the "Chicago Seven" became a pivotal point in the protest movement that centered on the Vietnam War, government corruption. and the unfair-ness of the federal court system.

7. Allegation (n)

A statement made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal.

Ex. Several of her patients have made allegations of professional misconduct against her.

8. Substantiate (v)

To show something to be true, or to support a claim with facts. Ex. They have enough evidence to substantiate complaints of vandalism.

9. Antagonize (v)

To make someone dislike you or feel opposed to you.

Ex. Theatre producers do not necessarily have to antagonize their patrons by asking personal questions of their audience.

10. Decorum (n)

Behaviour that is controlled, calm, and polite.

Ex: The celebrations were carried off with style and decorum.

11. impartiality (n)

The fact of not supporting any of the sides involved in an argument.

Ex. The state must ensure the independence and impartiality of the justice system.

12. Epilogue (n)

At the end of a play, book, or film that comments on or acts as a conclusion to what has happened.

Ex. It also serves as a fitting epilogue to the anti-war movement of the late 60s and early 70s.

13. Improvise (v)

To make or do something using whatever is available, usually because you do not have what you really need.

Ex. I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.

14. Epitomize (v)

To be a perfect example of a quality or type of thing.

Ex. In this way, schools became integral to, and came to epitomize, the welfare of the local community.

15. Mourning (n)

The feeling of being sad that you have and show because somebody has died

Ex. Over nearly three years, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended mental wellness on a global scale, leaving millions in mourning and a battered collective psyche.

16. Turmoil (n)

A state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion.

Ex. The country has been in turmoil for the past 10 years.

17. Tranquility (n)

A peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence.

Ex. The 62-year-old woodworker finds tranquility as be crafts waterfowl, fish, songbirds and more in his cozy shop space.

18. Charisma (n)

The powerful personal quality that some people have to attract and impress other people.

Ex. In over 120 years. the compelling painting and its enigmatic painter will have lost no charisma.