College & Career Vocab Quiz 4

Ignominy

Public shame or disgrace

Fatuous

Devoid of intelligence

Feckless

generally incompetent or ineffectual

Fiduciary

relating to or of the nature of a legal trust

Filibuster

a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches 

Nihilism

complete denial of established authority and institutions

Nomenclature

a system of words used to name things in a discipline

Nonsectarian

not restricted to one religious or political group

Notarize

authenticate by someone empowered to witness signatures

obsequious

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery