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Words of the Week
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Authority | The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience |
| Consistent | A person, behavior, or process unchanging in achievement or effect over a period of time |
| Principle | A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior for a chain of reasoning |
| Evaluation | The making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment |
| Primary | Occurring first in time or sequence |
| Distinction | A difference or contrast between similar things or people |
| Compensation | Something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering |
| Correponding | Similar in character, form, or function |
| Specified | Identify clearly and definitely |
| Integrity | The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness |
| Ethic | A set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming to a specified group, field, or form of conduct |
| Professional | Of, relating to, or connected with a profession |
| Persistent | Continuing firmly or obstinately in spite of difficulty or oppostion |
| Capacity | The ability or power to do, experience or, understand something |
| Motivation | The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way |
| Enhanced | Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of |
| Explicit | Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt |
| Rational | Based on or in accordance with reason or logic |
| Dynamic | Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress |
| Inferred | Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements |
| Interventiion | The action or process of intervening |
| Conformity | Compliance with standards, rules, or laws |
| Intensity | The quality of being intense |
| Radical | Relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thororugh |
| Complied | Act in accordance with a wish or command |
| Reluctant | Unwilling and hesitant; disinclined |
| Encountered | Unexpectedly experience or be faced with something difficult or hostile |
| Adjacent | Next to or adjoining something else |
| Odd | Different from what is usual or expected; strange |
| Invoked | Cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument |
| Complex | Consisting of many different and connected parts |
| Detained | Keep (someone) in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in politically sensitive situations |
| Pride | A feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own acchievements |
| Circumstances | A fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event |
| Maximum | As great, high, or intense as possible or permitted |
| Validity | The quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or coegency |
| Assessment | The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something |
| Income | Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through invesrments |
| Interpretation | An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure |
| Concentration | the act or power of focusing one's attention or mental effort |
| Obvious | Easily percieved |
| Promote | Further the progress of (something, especially a cause, venture, or aim); support or actively encourage |
| Adequate | Acceptable and/or satisfactory |
| Domestic | Of or relating to the running of a home or to family relations |
| Parameters | A numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation |