List 2 Flashcards
Threshold
The place or point of beginning something
Ultimatum
A final condition or demand for something
Neutrality
Not taking a side
Nationalism
The feeling that one’s country is the best and more deserving than any other country
Patronism
A feeling of love and devotion for one’s country
Confer
To consult; to talk in order to figure something out
Indifferent
Not caring; not having a strong opinion about something
Unendurable
Too painful or difficult to accept or to experience
Coerce
To force or threaten
Decorum
Polite behavior
Superficial
Affecting or using only the surface level; not deep
Abyss
Bottomless pit or great depth
Ostracized
To exclude from a group
Melancholy
Deep sadness
Embittered
Angry resentful
Punctual
On time
Brazen
Bold, without shame
Concede
To admit something is true after denying it
Credibility
Ability to be believed
Dismissive
Trading something as unworthy of attention
Embedded
Built into something instead of being separated
Immersion
Being completely surrounded by something (e.g, water)
Integrity
The following of a strict moral code
Integration
Combining different groups into one group
Languish
To become weak and depressed or neglected
Prominent
Easily noticeable
Reforms
Attempts to correct what is wrong
Segregation
The separation of some groups from other groups
Shrewd
Very sharp or clever
Squeamish
Easily Nauseated or disgusted
Sustain
To keep up or keep going
Unflappable
Self controlled, not easily upset
Veneer
A surface level
Contagious
Easily spread from person to person
Bewitched
Acting as if under a magic spell
Chide
To scold (to express unhappiness with someone’s behavior)
Dissent
to have or express a different opinion
Destiny
The future events that are meant to happen to a person
Devise
to plan or create something
Disdain
Dislike or disrespect for something or someone
Dote (on)
To give a huge amount of attention and affection to
Enthralled
Giving one’s full attention as if spellbound
Entice
To tempt or lure
Filch
To steal secretly or casually
Guise
In a manner that hides one’s true identity
Marvel
To be filled with amazement
Perjure
To lie under oath
Universal
Happening or felt everywhere
Vex
To trouble or irritate
Virtuous
Shop g high moral values
Woo
To try to get someone to date or fall in love with you
Yield
To give up possession of something
Yield
To produce (maple trees yield sap)