Vocabulary List #11

The example sentences come from the vocabulary list.

Embezzlement

(noun) theft, especially the misappropriation of an organization’s funds by one of its officers or employees

Ex: When I read about___from such groups as The United Way, The Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the Red Cross, I became quite, quite nauseated.

Heir

(noun) one who inherits or will inherit money, property, or a title

Ex: Though___to the title of Pom Queen, Carmen didn’t act all snooty.

Injunction & mandate

First word:

(noun) a court order prohibiting or requiring a certain action

Ex: And, if elected SGA President, I promise to get an___requiring that all high schools serve McNuggets.

Second word:

1. (noun) a specific, official responsibility given to a committee, lawmaking body, or officer

2. (verb) to charge an official with a specific responsibility

Ex: Xxaxxnnaxx received his___: Destroy the Zweebie fleet, utterly.

Jurisprudence

(noun) a legal system’s body of accepted practices for implementing justice under the law

Ex: A relatively new field, ___in regard to the rights of terminally ill patients poses some questions which call for difficult, painful, and personal decisions.

Perjury

(noun) false testimony under oath

Ex: Interesting: You can’t be impeached for unimpeachable crimes while in office, but you can be impeached for___about less-than-impeachable crimes.

Deify

(verb) to make someone or something an object of worship

Ex: “Bruised Tongue” is our gang’s favorite rock band, and we feel society should___its lead guitarist, Lance Boils.

Devout

(adjective) deeply committed to a belief, especially a religious belief

Ex: The___bachelor celebrated his fiftieth birthday alone, unhappy, but resolute.

Heretical

(adjective) opposing established religious or societal beliefs

Think about how Martin Luther was deemed___.

Ex: He was burned at the stake for his___opinion that no one has the right to burn anyone at the stake.

Orthodox

(adjective) in strict adherence to accepted religious practices or to any other body of custom, law, or practice

Ex: As an___Freedonian, Malcom stood, faced the flag, saluted, and sang, “Hail, hail, Freedonia, land of the brave and free,” every time anyone said “Freedonia” aloud.

Sanctimonious

(adjective) hypocritically pious; pretentiously holy; holier-than-thou

Think “God save the most judgmental creeps. Who say they want what's best for me. ___performing soliloquies I'll never see” from But Daddy I Love Him from THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

Ex: Everybody hates___people, and everybody knows everybody hates___people; so why some folks are still___, I just can’t figure out.

Appreciate & depreciate

First word: (verb) to increase in value

Second word: (verb) to decrease in value

Think about cars, exponential relationships, and economics

Ex: My stock broker advised me to invest in different stocks; in that way, stocks that___will offset those___, I’ll break even, and she’ll get rich.

Dearth

(noun) a lack or shortage of a commodity or quality

Ex: I learn best while laughing, and due to the___humor in my algebra class, my final grade was…well, let’s just say it was X, or maybe X-.

Duty & remuneration

First word: (noun) a tax on imported goods

Second word: (noun) payment of goods delivered or services rendered

Ex: I thought the___for importing and re-selling a Ferrari would make it worth my trouble; but the___on that baby wiped out most of my profit.

Belligerent

(adjective) warlike; hostile; pugnacious

Think of the U.S’s neutrality acts, Cash & Carry policy from before they joined WWII

Ex: I can’t understand why Coco went right for you eyes; she’s not usually a___cat.

Coerce

(verb) to force someone to action

Ex: Though I hate to___my students to do anything, I threatened them with a poor grade if they didn’t learn this vocabulary list.

Covenant

(noun) a sacred agreement

Think of the___in the Treaty of Versailles that established the League of Nations

Ex: We eagerly signed the neighborhood___when we moved into our new house; by signing, we agreed to keep our Astroturf vacuumed and never to have children.

Demarcation

(noun) a boundary or limit

Ex: The Rio Grande River represents the line of___between places where you can buy real tacos and places like Taco Bell.

Dissolution

(noun) decay; ruin; a loosening of morals

Ex: Some people feel that the so-called “shock jocks” will cause the___of society; others claim that only a___society can produce a shock jock.

Dominion

(noun) supreme authority; ownership; absolute power; a territory

Ex: By a very narrow margin, the Board of Education rejected a proposal that Sherwood High School be re-named “Fish’s___”.

Sedition

(noun) the act of inspiriting rebellion; subversion

Think of the Alien &___Acts from APUSH

Think of the Espionage &___Acts of 1917 and 1918 which led to the case Schenck v. US (again from APUSH)

Ex: The punishment for___in some countries is so barbaric, you’d gag if I even told you about it.