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NEELY ELA Vocab 3
Lesson 3- Fairness & Unfairness
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amenable | (adj.) open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable |
| deception | (n.) a trick; an attempt to make someone believe something that is not true |
| forbearance | (n.) patience |
| objective | (adj.) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts (n.) a goal |
| partiality | (n.) a favorable bias or a prejudice toward something |
| partisanship | (n.) strong or excessive support for a group, cause, or idea |
| preconceived | (adj.) believed before one has full knowledge or experience of something or someone |
| slander | (n.) false charges and malicious statements about someone |
| subjective | (adj.) based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions |
| tolerate | (v.) to put up with, to bear |