eng vocab

Entitlement

An exception or right

Explicitly

Easy to understand

Engender

Cause or give rise to a feeling, situation, or condition

Antithesis

A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something

Countenance

A person’s face or facial expression

Celestial

Positioned in or relating to the sky

Inexorable

Impossible to stop or prevent

Artifice

Clever devices, especially as used to trick or deceive others

Persona non grata

an unacceptable or unwelcome person

Ubiquitous

present, found or appearing everywhere

Laissez-Faire

attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering

Chicanery

the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

Supercilious

behaving as though one thinks they are superior to others

Omnipotent

having unlimited power; able to do anything

Totalitarianism

system of government that is dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state

Supplant

to replace one thing with another

Despotic

in an oppressive manner, typical of a tyrant or dictator

Pretext

a plausible, but false reason

Resolute

Determined; firm

Indigenous

native to a particular country or region