Level 3 - Day 3


  1. solitary — separate from other people or things

  2. confinement — the act of keeping someone or something within limits; preventing them from going beyond a certain place or area

  3. incarceration — the act of putting someone in prison; imprisonment

  4. settlement — a formal agreement or decision that ends an argument or dispute

  5. fundamentally — at the most basic level

  6. lawsuit — a legal process in which a court decides a disagreement between people or organizations

  7. conceivable — able to be imagined; possible

  8. measure — an amount or degree of something

  9. resounding — leaving no doubt; very definite

  10. plaintiff — the person who brings a lawsuit against another person in court

  1. inmate — a person who is kept in a prison or a mental hospital

  2. raft — a large amount or number of people or things

  3. indeterminate — not able to be stated or described in an exact way

  4. prolonged — lasting longer than usual or expected; continuing for a long time

  5. affiliation — the state of being closely associated with or connected to an organization, company, or group

  6. extreme — very serious or severe

  7. tension — a feeling of nervousness that makes you unable to relax

  8. strike — to stop working in order to force an employer to agree to demands; to refuse to work until your employer does what you want

  9. protest — to show or express strong disapproval of something

  10. allege — to state without definite proof that someone has done something wrong or illegal

  1. abuse — harmful treatment of a person or animal

  2. rapporteur — a person whose job is to do research and present official reports on a particular subject

  3. abolish — to officially end or stop something, such as a law; to completely do away with something

  4. torture — the act of causing severe physical pain as a form of punishment or as a way to force someone to do or say something

  5. implement — to begin to do or use something, such as a plan; to make something active or effective

  6. comprehensively — including many, most, or all things

  7. curtail — to reduce or limit something

  8. momentum — the strength or force that allows something to continue or to grow stronger or faster as time passes

  9. jurisdiction — the power or right to make judgments about the law, or to arrest and punish criminals

  10. bipartisan — relating to or involving members of two political parties

  11. ban — to forbid people from using something; to say that something cannot be used or done

  12. juvenile — of or relating to young people who have committed crimes

  13. prominent — easily noticed and seen

  14. irreparable — too bad to be corrected or repaired

  15. alienate — to make someone unfriendly; to cause someone to stop being friendly, helpful, or supportive toward you

  16. potentially — capable of becoming real; possibly

  17. embrace — to accept something or someone readily or gladly

  18. rhetoric — the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively, especially to persuade or influence people

  19. pushback — a negative or unfavorable response

  20. overhaul — to change something completely in order to improve it

  21. concurrence — a situation in which two or more things happen at the same time; a situation in which things are concurrent

  22. denounce — to publicly state that someone or something is bad or wrong; to criticize someone or something harshly and publicly

  23. budget — an amount of money available for spending that is based on a plan for how it will be spent

  24. emphatic — said or done in a forceful or definite way

  25. rebuke — to speak in an angry and critical way to someone

  26. momentous — very important; having great or lasting importance

  27. liberal — believing that government should be active in supporting social and political change; relating to or supporting political liberalism

  28. invariably — not changing or capable of change; staying the same; not variable

  29. docket — a list of the legal cases that will be tried in a court of law

  30. uphold — to support or defend something, such as a law

  1. reconvene — to meet again after a break

  2. recess — a usually brief period of time when work or activity stops

  3. cadence — the rhythmic rise and fall of sounds in speech or music

  4. odorous — having an odor

  5. impale — to pierce something with a sharp, pointed object

  6. bogus — counterfeit; not real or genuine

  7. musky — having the strong smell of musk

  8. protract — to prolong; to make something last longer

  1. excoriate — to scold with biting harshness; to strip the skin off

  2. solecism — a construction that is obviously incorrect grammatically

  3. ancillary — serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary

  4. whiff — a puff or gust of air or scent; a hint

  5. centurion — a Roman army officer

  6. jaunty — lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree

  7. didactic — teaching; instructional

  8. peccadillo — a slight offense

  9. fallible — liable to make mistakes

  10. repast — a meal; feast; banquet

  11. apprehend — to arrest a criminal; to understand; to perceive; to expect or fear something

  12. sycophant — a servile flatterer; a bootlicker; a yes-man