IP 8 VOCAB

Conciliatory

Intended or willing to end a disagreement and pacify.

Alleviate

To partially remove or correct something that is unaccepted.

Degradation

The process of something becoming worse or weak.

Credible

Good enough to be effective.

Utility

Usefulness, value.

Plausible

Seeming to be reasonable; appearing worthy of belief.

Promote

To advance in station, rank, or honor.

Proliferate

Increase rapidly in number; multiply.

Ad hoc

Made or happening only for a particular purpose or need, not planned before it happens.

Reciprocity

An arrangement whereby two states agree to have the same tariffs on each other's goods; or the strategy of matching the other's player's previous move.

Boycott

To engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, an organization, etc.) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions.

Vice versa

With the order changed; with the relations reversed; conversely.

Reparations

Compensation for war.

Jeopardize

To put someone or something into a dangerous or harmful situation, risking loss or damage.

Infringe

Break the terms of a contract, a law or an agreement.

Feasible

Able to be made, done, or achieved.

Tactical

Relating to tactics or done in order to achieve something.

Dilemma

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

Salient

Something prominent, conspicuous, or that stands out from its surroundings because it is noticeable or important.

Jurisdiction

The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

Implicitly

Without question, reservation or qualification; absolutely.

Budget

A plan for the coordination of resources and expenditures (expenses).