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Appendix B
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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adjacent | next to or adjoining something else. |
ambivalence | the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. |
belligerent | hostile and aggressive. |
contingent | subject to chance. |
decadent | characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline. |
entitlement | the fact of having a right to something. |
equivalent | equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc. |
paramount | more important than anything else; supreme. |
plausible | seeming reasonable or probable. |
unilateral | performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another or the others. |
affluent | having a great deal of money; wealthy. |
autocrat | a ruler who has absolute power. |
benevolent | well meaning and kindly. |
entrepreneur | a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. |
impertinent | not showing proper respect; rude. |
imprudent | not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash. |
mediator | a person who attempts to make people involved in a conflict come to an agreement; a go-between. |
preponderance | the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance. |
recipient | a person or thing that receives or is awarded something |
reprehensible | deserving censure or condemnation. |