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Responsibility
Vocab Words from "What is the age of responsibility?"
| word | definition in context |
|---|---|
| bristles | React in anger |
| bombarded | Constantly having to deal with |
| contradiction | opposed arguments |
| restriction | limit |
| accustomed | usual, typical, traditional |
| Inconsistent | not the same, different |
| rampant | spreading, unrestrained. |
| reprise | repeating |
| mantra | a word or phrase that is repeated |
| spurred | Stimulate, cause |
| scope | a range of responsibility |
| patronize | going to a place as a customer or participant |
| impulse | A reaction, an instinct |
| executive decision making | people look at the consequences before doing something |
| prefrontal cortex | an area in the brain |
| precedent | An earlier event or action |
| revelation | surprising previously unknown fact |
| manufacturing | Making things |
| resemblance | similarity |
| bears | Conveys |
| threshold | Borderline or limit |
| onset | The start of something bad |
| rite | Custom or tradition or ceremony |
| recession | Economic troubles |
| confers | a task or title that is given ` |
| enshrined | Made to be special |
| distinctive | Noticeable from a group |
| haphazard | unorganized |
| befuddled | confused |
| lewd | something offensive in a sexual way |
| hypocrisy | having beliefs but doing otherwise |
| accustomed | Get used to |
| illicit | forbidden by law, rules, or custom |
| counterproductive | Not affecting it in a good way and hurting you |
| ineffective | Not used or doesn’t affect anything |
| arbitrary | based on random choice |
| advocating | Supporting or speaking up for |
| hinges | connects to |
| rehabilitating | healing or to restore |
| misdemeanors | doing something wrong |
| cohort | treated as a group |
| prevalent | widespread |
| neurobiology | biology of the cells in the brain |
| advocates | person who supports you |
| legislators | person who makes laws |
| rigors | The quality of being very thorough |
| Despite | not being affected |
| Seldom | not common, rarely |
| foisting | force ,to put upon, impose unwelcome things |
| tantamount | Equivalent or equal |
| meager | lacking/small amount |
| probationary | restricted on amount of time you can do a action |
| comprehensible | understandable |
| implemented | put into action |
| “executive thinking” | understanding situations or being able to think deeply how to solve problems/situations |
| adequate | to perform an action correctly |
| chauffeured | a driver |
| psychiatry | study of mental illnesses |
| compensated | to be rewarded |
| competence | a certain responsible level you reach after a time period |
| curfews | to be limited to a certain amount of time |
| masseurs | a person that massages professionally |
| accrue | to accumulate/collect |
| punitive | acting to punish |
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