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Vocab List 1&2
Chapter 1
Term | Definition |
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Adjacent | nearby, not distant close or near sharing a border, wall, or point |
Ambivalence | having uncertainty ,simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
Belligerent | waging war; specifically : belonging to or recognized as a state at war and protected by and subject to the laws of war |
Contingent | conditional, depending on something else that might or might not happen |
Decadent | having low morals and a great love of pleasure, money, fame, etc. : attractive to people of low morals who are only interested in pleasure : extremely pleasing |
entitlement | The right to something ( legal right) |
Equivalent | having the same value, use, meaning, etc |
Paramount | foremost most important decision |
Plausible | possibly true : believable or realistic |
Unilateral | involving only one group or country |
Affluent | having a large amount of money and owning many expensive things |
Autocrat | a person who rules with total power |
Benevolent | kind and generous : organized to do good things for other people |
entrepreneur | business owner a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money |
impertinent | rude and irreverent; showing a lack of respect |
imprudent | not wise or sensible |
preponderance | majority ;a greater amount or number of something |
recipient | a person who receives something |
reprehensible | very bad : deserving very strong criticism |
mediator | a negotiator settles arguements |