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Vocab Unit 22
AL
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| interject | to throw in between or among other things |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship; |
| valedictorian | the student usually having the highest rank in a graduating class who delivers the speech at the commencement exercises |
| impact | to have a direct effect on : impinge on to strike forcefully; also : to cause to strike forcefully |
| portfolio | a hinged cover or flexible case for carrying loose papers, pictures, or pamphlets |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| actualize | to make real |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| subjective | affected by personal views, experience, or background; characteristic of or belonging to reality as perceived rather than as independent of mind |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act; |
| transact | to carry on the operation or management of |
| unpredictable | not able to be known or declared in advance |
| contradict | to imply the opposite or a denial of |
| dejected | low in spirits; lowered in rank or condition |
| diction | verbal description; choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness |
| rejection | the act of refusing to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use |