8 Flashcards
Vend
Verb
To sell something
Peddle
Verb
To sell something
Prudent
Adj
Careful and sensible
Thrifty
Adj
Careful in spending money
Frivolous
Adj
Overly extravagant, not serious or sensible in spending money
Squander
Verb
To waste, to spend carelessly
Deficit
Noun
A lack
Meager
Adj
Lacking in amount of quality
Impoverished
Adj
Extremely poor
Aristocrat
Noun
A member of the upper class
Eminent
Adj
Important, well-known, respected
Lineage
Noun
An individual’s series of ancestors
Pedigree
Noun
An individual’s or animal’s series of ancestors
Demote
Verb
To reduce to a lower rank or position
Subordinate
Noun
1. Someone lower in rank or importance
- To reduce in rank or importance
Repress
Verb
To put down by force or intimidation
Miserly
Noun
One who hoards money rather than spending it
Oppression
Noun
Keeping down by force or authority
Authoritarian
Adj
Requiring absolute obedience, enforcing strong or oppressive policies
Conform
Verb
To obey customs, rules, or styles
You must conform to the dress code
Creed
Noun
A statement of belief
Assassins creed is like the assassins belief to kill
Pious
Adj
Faithful to ones religious beliefs
Legitimate
Adj
Legal, authorized, valid
Verb
To make legal, to authorize
Consensus
Noun
A general agreement
Convention
Noun
- A meeting or assembly
- A custom or stand, something that is considered usual and normal, a STANDARD
For many religions, bringing a gift to a friend who is sick in hospital is a convention
Orthodox
Adj
Traditional, customary, conventional
Anomaly
Noun
An unusual or unexpected event
Atypical
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Unusual or unexpected