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Lesson 15 and 16
Mr. Cashman's final vocab
| Question/term | answer/defintion |
|---|---|
| censorious | judgemental |
| censure | to criticize harshly |
| legate | a representative sent on a special mission |
| allege | to claim that something is true without necessarily having proof |
| relegate | to banish to a place or exile, to dismiss to an obscure or inferior position |
| punitive | inflicting or intending punishment |
| impunity | exemption from punishment or penalty, as a result of a particular act |
| subpoena | a legal requirement that someone or something appear in court to give or be evidence |
| probity | impeccable integrity, uprightness |
| approbation | praise, commendation, official approval |
| reprobate | a morally decadent, evil person |
| reproof | a scolding |
| vindicate | to clear from blame, to exonerate, to prove to be valid |
| vindictive | revengeful; unforgiving |
| vendetta | a bitter feud, especially one perpetuated by acts of revenge, often between successive generations of two families or clans |
| arbitrary | based on a subjective whim or random choice |
| arbitrate | to judge or decide in the manner of an umpire or person granted power to make a decision |
| hortatory | marked by a strong urging to take some action |
| exhort | to urge, advise, or admonish vigorously |
| judicious | showing good judgement; sensible |
| adjudicate | to settle a case by legal means; to act as a judge |
| abjure | to give up |
| conjure | to cause to happen as if by magic; to produce as if from nothing; to stimulate the imagination |
| perjury | the intentional giving of false evidence or breaking of an oath, especially in a court of law |
| rogue | (n) a sketchy character (adj) an unexpected out of the ordinary event, especially a natural phenomena |
| abrogate | to abolish or repeal, especially a law |
| arrogate | to take or claim without permission, or authority |
| prerogative | a right or privilege belonging to a particular person, office, or group |
| surrogate | a substitute |
| Who wrote the "Sword and the Stone" and "The Once and Future King", two novels that re-tell the Arthurian legends? | T.H. White |
| Who was the first Jewish member of the United States Supreme Court? | Brandeis |
| Who was the biblical king was reputed to be the wisest man in the Old Testament World? | King Solomon |
| What is the hortatory classical motto adopted for the Olympics, meaning "swifter, higher, stronger"? | citius, altius, fortius |
| What is the famous novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson? | Treasure Island |
| Who was the great Mexican painter, invalided for much of her life after being involved in a grisly bus accident as a teenager? | Frida Kahlo |
| Where is the World Court located in? | The Hague, Neverthelands |
| Who was the Republican president forced to resign from office after the Watergate Affair? | Richard Nixon |
| What is the vast cold region of Russia, east of the Ural Mountains? | Siberia |
| Who was the Roman Catholic priest held to be chiefly responsible for the Protestant Reformation? | Martin Luther |
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