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Vocabulary Six
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acknowledge | admit to be true; confess |
| acknowledge | thank you cards; high-fives; bowing |
| bribe | money or a favor given to a person to persuade them to do something dishonest or illegal. |
| bribe | some politicians; some parents; owner of a crowded restaurant |
| candor | honesty in saying what one really thinks; frankness; outspokenness |
| candor | Divergent faction; Phil Robertson; Malcom X |
| corrupt | influenced by bribes; dishpnest |
| corrpupt | some cops; some doctors; some judges |
| disinterested | free from selfish motives; unbiased; impartial |
| disinterested | juries; successful principal; FDA |
| ethical | morally right; upright; honorable |
| ethical | Superman; Mother Teresa; students standing up to bullies |
| hypocrite | one who pretends to have ( but does not ) desirable beliefs, principles, or attitudes |
| hypocrite | a priest who steals; parents who are smokers who tell their kids not to smoke; teachers who don't follow dress code |
| perjury | willful telling of a lie while under oath; false swearing |
| perjury | lying on the stand; perjury leads to jail time |
| shirk | get out of doing one's work or duty; evade; avoid |
| shirk | sleeping on the job; the dog ate your homework; Homer Simpson |