AHS APlang vocab #16-30

Arbitration

the process in which parties involved in dispute allow an impartial party to settle their differences

Attaché

a person assigned to serve a specific capacity on a diplomatic mission

Consul

a diplomatic official who represents his or her own government's economic interest in a foreign country and assist fellow citizens, living or traveling there

Covenant

a binding agreement, a legal contract

Discretion

the quality of using good judgment and self restraint, the quality of acting wisely based on awareness of the potential consequences of one's actions or the ability/power to decide, responsibility

Entente

an understanding or agreement between two and more political powers, providing for a common course of action or policy

Insular

suggestive of the isolated life on an island / having a narrow viewpoint

Machiavellian

cunning, deceitful, and underhanded in business or politics, aiming to maintain power by whatever means necessary

Protocol

a code of correct conduct

Status quo

the existing condition or state of affairs

Culminate

to reach the highest point or degree/to come to completion to end

Eclipse

to exceed or go beyond to diminish others in importance or fame/to obscure or darken

Epitome

an example, a perfect representative of a type

Impeccable

having no flaws, perfect, incapable of wrongdoing

Inimitable

impossible to imitate or copy, unique

Optimum

1. most favorable or advantageous, best

2. the point of which something is most favorable

Peerless

having no match, incomparable

Quintessence

the pierced essence of something the most typical example

Sublime

1. impressive, or inspiring, supreme

2. something awe inspiring

Zenith

the peak

Affront

1. to insult, intentionally and openly

2. an open or intentional offense, slight, or insult

Altercation

a noisy or intense quarrel

Bellicose

1. warlike in manner or temperament, eager to fight, aggressive

2. bellicosity or bellicoseness

Breach

1. a break in friendly relations and estrangement

2. a violation of a law, an obligation, or a promise

3. to violate a law obligation or promise

Contentious

given to quarreling argumentative/involving or likely to cause argument, controversial

Decimate

to destroy or kill a large part of a group

Dissension

difference of opinion, disagreement, discord

Rancor

bitter, long, lasting, resentment, deep seated ill will

Retribution

something justly deserved/something given or demanded in repayment, especially as punishment or revenge

Schism

a separation or division into opposing groups or factions, discord or discontent

Apocryphal

doubtful, of questionable origin, authorship or authenticity/false, fictitious, or erroneous

Bona fide

authentic, genuine, not counterfeit or copied/done in good faith without any attempt to deceive, sincere

Candor

honesty, frankness, or sincerity of expression, openness

Cant

1. hypocritically, moralistic language

2. monotonous speech filled with platitudes

3. the special vocabulary of a sect, group, or profession, jargon

Charlatan

a person who falsely claims to have special knowledge or ability, a quack or a fraud

Chicanery

a deception by trickery, a trick

Feign

to pretend or represent falsely

Insidious

working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy way/beguiling or alluring, but secretly harmful, treacherous

Rectitude

moral uprightness, righteousness

Veritable

real or genuine, actual

Accrue

to increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth

Arbiter

a person chosen to judge or decide as disputed issue/a person who has the power to judge at will

Audit

1. to examine verify or correct the financial accounts of

2. a review of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy

3. to attend a course without requesting or receiving academic credit

Cartel

a group of independent businesses formed to control production, pricing, and marketing of goods

Collateral

property that is pledged as security for a loan, if the loan is not repaid, the property is taken

Commodity

an item of trader commerce, especially an agricultural or mining product/something or someone valuable and useful

Conglomerate

a corporation made up of a number of companies that operate in different fields, deform or gather into a mass or whole

Liquidate

to settle a debt, claim, or other obligation by selling property or goods/to convert assets into cash

Lucrative

producing wealth, profitable

Security

a document showing ownership or something owed, a stock or bond/something deposited or given an assurance of the fulfillment of an obligation, a pledge, collateral

Adulterate

to make impure by adding improper, inferior or necessary ingredients

Bane

a cause of great harm, ruin, or death/a source of constant annoyance or frustration

Boon

a benefit or blessing, especially one that is timely

Inimical

harmful injurious/unfriendly, hostile

Malevolent

having or showing ill will, wishing harm to others, malicious/having an evil or harmful influence

Panacea

a remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties, a cure-all

Pernicious

tending to cause death or great harm

Salutary

helpful or designed to be helpful, remedial/favorable to health, wholesome

Toxic

poisonous, capable of causing injury or death by chemical means

Vitiate

to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of

Auspices

support or protection

Auspicious

favorable, promising success/marked by success, prosperous

Circumspect

cautious, prudent, mindful of circumstance, and potential consequences

Despicable

deserving of scorn, contempt, or low opinion

Introspective

contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings, self-examining

Perspicuous

clearly expressed, easy to understand

Specious

seemingly true, but actually false

Spectacle

an impressive public performance or display/a public display of bad behavior

Specter

a ghost or spirit/a haunting or disturbing image or possibility

Spectrum

a band showing different wavelengths of color or sound, arranged in order/abroad range of related qualities or ideas

Complicity

involvement as an accomplice in a crime or wrongdoing

Deploy

to position troops or people strategically on systematically/to put into use or action

Explicate

to explain to make clear the meaning of something

Explicit

fully, clearly expressed leaving nothing implied/readily observable

Implicate

to involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly/to have as a consequence to entail

Implicit

implied or understood though not directly expressed/unquestioning, without doubt or reservation

Inexplicable

difficult or impossible to explain or account for

Replica

a copy or reproduction of a work of art, especially one made by the original artist/a copy or reproduction, especially one that is smaller than the original

Supple

easily bent, limber pliant/changing or yielding rapidly, compliant, adaptable

Supplicant

a person who asks praise or begs, humbly and earnestly

Adjudicate

to hear and settle a case through judicial procedure/to settle a dispute

Affidavit

a written statement made under oath before an official confidant

Confidant

a person trusted with secrets or private matters

Conjure

to produce or summon as if by magic/to call to mind an image or a memory

Fealty

faithfulness, allegiance

Fiancé

a man engaged to be married

Fidelity

faithfulness to obligations, duties, or vows/the egress to which a sound or image is accurately reproduced

Infidel

a person who does not accept a particular faith or religion

Jurisprudence

the philosophy and science of law or a division of the law

Perjure

to deliberately lie or testify falsely under oath

Ambivalence

the presence of conflicting or opposing ideas or feelings/uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow

Avail

to be of use or advantage to to help down use benefit or advantage

Countervailing

acting against something so as to cancel its effect, counteractive

Evaluate

to judge, to determine the value of

Evince

to show or demonstrate clearly

Invaluable

priceless, having a value too great to be measured

Prevail

to be greater in strength or influence to triumph to win out/to be in use or effect, to be current/to persuade successfully

Valedictorian

the student who has the highest academic ranking a class, and who usually delivers the graduation speech

Valiant

brave, possessing courage, boldness

Vanquish

to defeat, to overcome, conquer, or subdue