Chapter 1 Flashcards
subvention
n.
- Provision of help, aid, or support.
- An endowment or a subsidy, as that given by a government to an institution for research; a grant of financial aid.
visceral
adj.
- Relating to, situated in, or affecting the viscera.
- Being or arising from impulse or sudden emotion [instinctive] rather than from thought or deliberation
fatalism
n.
- The doctrine that all events are predetermined by fate and are therefore unalterable.
- Acceptance of the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable.
deference
n.
Submission or courteous respect given to another, often in recognition of authority.
rancor
n.
Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will: He was filled with rancor after losing his job.
dereliction
n. 1. Willful neglect, as of duty or principle. 2. a. The act of abandoning; abandonment. b. A state of abandonment or neglect.
sordid
adj. 1. Morally degraded 2. a. Dirty or filthy: sordid clothing. b. Squalid or wretched: a sordid tenement.
thespian
adj.
- Of or relating to drama; dramatic: thespian talents.
- Thespian Of or relating to Thespis.
n. An actor or actress.
Machiavellian
adj.
- Of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism.
- Suggestive of or characterized by expediency, deceit, and cunning.
operationalism
n.
Philosophy
The view that all theoretical terms in science must be defined only by their procedures or operations.
tacit
adj.
- Not spoken: indicated tacit approval by smiling and winking.
- Implied by or inferred from actions or statements: Management has given its tacit approval to the plan.
- Archaic Not speaking; silent.
eviscerate
v. tr.
1. To remove the entrails of; disembowel.
2. To take away a vital or essential part of; weaken, damage, or destroy: a compromise that eviscerated the proposed bill.
3. Medicine
a. To remove the contents of (an organ).
b. To remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient).
proclivities
n. pl.
A natural propensity or inclination; a predisposition: a proclivity for exaggeration; a proclivity to complain.
anomie/ anomy
n.
- Social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
- Alienation and purposelessness experienced by a person or a class as a result of a lack of standards, values, or ideals
penology
n.
The study, theory, and practice of prison management and criminal rehabilitation.