Term | Definition |
pacify | to soothe anger or agitation (verb) |
pacifist | a person opposed to war or violence, especially someone who refuses to fight on moral/religious grounds (noun) |
pact | an agreement between two or more people; treaty between nations to deal with problem (noun) |
antebellum | existing before a war, especially before the civil war (US)
(adj) |
bellicose | warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome (adj) |
belligerence | aggressiveness, combativeness (noun) |
rebellion | open defiance, opposition, sometimes armed, to a person, thing, or authority |
criminology | the study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment (noun) |
decriminalize | to remove or reduce the criminal status of (verb) |
incriminate | to show evidence of involvement in a crime or fault (verb) |
recrimination | an accusation in answer to an accusation against oneself (noun) |
approbation | a formal act of approving; praise usually given with pleasure/enthusiasm (noun) |
probate | process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died is valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person (noun) |
probity | absolute honesty and uprightness (noun) |
reprobate | a person of thoroughly bad character (noun) |
amicable | friendly, peaceful (adj) |
enamored | charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love (adj) |
amorous | having or showing feelings of attraction and love (adj) |
paramour | a lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom (noun) |
grave | require serious thought or concern serious and formal in appearance or manner (verb) |
gravitate | to move or be drawn toward something especially by natural tendency or by invisible force (verb) |
aggravate | to make more serious and severe; to annoy or bother (verb) |
alleviate | to lighten, lessen, or relieve, especially physical/mental suffering (verb) |
elevation | the height of a place; act of result of lifting something (noun) |
cantilever | a long piece of wood metal, etc that sticks out from a wall to support something above it (noun) |
levity | lack of appropriate seriousness (noun) |
gravitas | great or very dignified seriousness (noun) |
kleptomania | mental illness in which a person has a strong desire to steal things (noun) |
dipsomaniac | a person with an extreme and uncontrolled desire for alcohol (noun) |
megalomaniac | a mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance (noun) |
egomaniac | someone who is extremely self-centered and ignores the problems and concerns of others |
psyche | soul, personality, mind (noun) |
psychedelic | relates to a drug that produces abnormal and often extreme mental effects (hallucinations, visions, etc)(adj) |
psychosomatic | caused by mental or emotional problems rather than physical illness (adj) |
psychotherapist | one who treats mental or emotional disorder or related body ills by psychological problems (noun) |
crim (root) | fault, crime, accusation |
grav (root) | heavy, weighty, serious |
lev | light, raise,lighten |
bene | well |
am | love |
bell | war |
pac | agree, peace |
prob | prove, proof, honesty, integrity |
psych | breath, life, soul |
mania | madness, illness, excessive enthusiasm |