Our America Combined Vocabulary Flashcards
(26 cards)
Retention
Keeping or remembering; preservation; withholding
Destitute
Extremely poor; lacking necessities like food and shelter
Incessannt
Occurring so frequently as to seem unending or uninterrupted
Attrition
Gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a decrease in numbers of size; in school, the loss of students to dropping out
Pervasive
Spreading throughout; widespread
Mitigate
Make less severe or harsh
Aggregate
A collection of single items, made into one mass
Indictment
The act of accusing; a formal accusation
Resilient
Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
Scrutinize
To examine closely
Futility
Feeling of being ineffective; uselessness, hopelessness
Disdain
Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; looking down upon
Discretion
Freedom to use one’s judgement; in law, judge’s power to use own judgement in legal decisions
Emulate
To imitate, follow as an example; to try to be equal to or surpass another
Impervious
Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
Revitalize
To bring something back after it declined in condition or popularity
Cognizant
Aware; having knowledge of something; mindful
Affidavit
A sworn, written declaration made in front of an authority
Parity
Equality, as in amount, status, or value
Recidivism
Habitual relapse into crime
Apathy
A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
Truncate
Make shorter as if by cutting off; terminating abruptly
Equivalent
Equal in amount or value
Proximity
Nearness; close together
