Exam Vocabulary (SL)

Abhorred

hated due to moral reasons

Accountability

The condition of being required to justify one's actions or decisions.

Acute

severe, important; painful

Alignment

matching strategies with goals

Ambiguous

Open to more than one interpretation, not clearly defined.

Amid

among

Amorphous

Lacking a clearly defined shape

Anomalous

different from what is usual

Anticipate

To predict

Apprehension

feeling of fear that something bad may happen, concern

Appropriated

Taken or used for a new purpose, often without permision

Blindsided

surprised in a negative way

Boundary

limit, border

Burden

a heavy load that someone carries

Capricious

impulsive, unpredictable

Captions

text placed on or near an image

Cave

to agree to something that you would not agree to before, after someone has persuaded you or threatened you

Censoriousness

the quality of being harshly critical

Clout

Influence or power that an institution or a person has

Commonality

a shared feature or interest

Compassion

empathy and understanding

Concise

giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words

Contagion

the rapid spread of an idea or virus through a population

Contemporary

Belonging to the present time

Crucial

txtremely important

Curriculum

the subjects comprising a course of study at a school or university

Decipher

To succeed in understanding or interpreting something difficult

Defaming

the act of damaging someone's reputation by making malicious statements

Delineate

to describe or portray something precisely

Dexterity

skill and coordination in performing tasks, especially with the hand

Dichotomy

a division into two contrasting parts

Differentiator

a key factor that makes something different

Disparate

significantly different in kind

Dissemination

the act of spreading information or ideas widely

Drafters

professionals who produce technical drawings

Duality

the state of having two opposite, parts

Emerge

appear

Encroaching

intruding on a person's territory or a right

Endurance

the physical or mental stamina required to perform tasks over a long period

Environmental stewardship

the responsible management and protection of the environment

Ephemeral

lasting for a very short time, fleeting

Expertise

high-level knowledge or skill in a particular field

Exponentially

growing rapidly

Firestorm

intense, rapid-spreading public controversy and anger

Fleeting trends

movements or styles that appear and disappear quickly

Fragile

easily damaged

Frank

honest, open

Gig economy

A labor market characterized by short-term contracts and freelance work rather than permanent jobs.

Granular

very detailed

Gut-wrenching

causing great mental or emotional pain

Have the market muscle

possessing significant economic power to influence or control a market

Imagery

visually descriptive or figurative language and pictures

Ineradicable uncertainty

a permanent state of not knowing what the future holds that cannot be removed

Inflection point

a decisive moment of significant change

Infraction

a violation of a rule

Inherently

in a permanent or characteristic way.

Innate

inborn, natural, not learned

Innocuous

not harmful or offensive

Intertextuality

the blending of disparate cultural references to create new meaning

Judicious

having, showing, or done with good judgment and careful consideration

Mimicry

the action of imitating someone or something

Mindbombs

striking images that embed themselves into the public consciousness

Misogyny

prejudice against women

Missives

written messages or posts distributed to many communities

Mob

a large group of violent people

Mocking

making fun of someone or something in a cruel way

Mutation

a change or alteration

Nuanced

subtle

Nuanced judgment

the ability to make subtle, context-based decisions

On the brink of

at the very edge of a significant event, often a disaster or collapse.

Outcast

a person rejected by their colleagues or society

Outrage

a strong feeling of shock and anger

Pariah

someone who is socially rejected

Perilous

full of danger or risk

Pervasiveness

the quality of being widespread

Pile-on

a situation where many people join together online to attack a target

Poise

a state of calm and unflinching dedication under extreme pressure

Precarious

dangerously unstable

Procurement

the action of obtaining something

Proliferated

spread or increased rapidly in numbers or popularity

Propagation

the action of widely spreading and promoting an idea

Punitive

an approach intended to punish someone

Reconciliation

the process of restoring friendly relations or resolving conflict

Redemption

the opportunity to save oneself from the consequences of a mistake

Redeployed

moved to a new position within the same organization

Rescind

to officialy cancel an agreement or law

Resolution

a firm decision to find a solution to a social conflict

Resonance

the ability to be meaningful or evoke emotion

Responsiveness

the quality of reacting quickly and positively to changes

Retaliation

responding to criticism with harm or a counter-attack

Retribution

punishment inflicted on someone as a form of vengeance

Robust

strong and ready for unexpected

Seamless

continuing without stopping or breaks

Self-replication

the ability to make a copy of oneself

Shunning

avoiding someone or keeping away from them

Solipsistic interjection

self-centered remarks during a conversation

Spurious

false or fake

Stamina

endurance, resilience

Stigma

a mark of disgrace or a negative stereotype

Subversive

intended to weaken or destroy a political system or government