TCV The World of Security Vocab Flashcards
Zenith (n)
Culminating point
Provincial (adj)
Lacking the polish of urban society/ unsophisticated
Fiscal (adj)
Of or relating to financial matters
Hegemony (n)
Influence or authority over others
Immutability (adj)
Not capable of or susceptible to change.
Mite (n)
A small coin or sum of money
Annuity (n)
A sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals
Interment (n)
The burial or a corpse in a grave or tomb; typically with funeral rites
Propriety (n)
The quality of being proper or suitable
Vestige (n)
A trace, mark or visible sign left by something vanished or lost
Goiter (n)
An enlargement of the thyroid gland visible as a swelling of the front of the neck.
Benign (adj)
Of a gentle disposition
Conciliation (n)
To have been appeased
Connote (v)
To be associated with or inseparable from as a consequence or concomitant
Concomitant (adj)
Naturally accompanying or associated
Banal (adj)
Lacking originality, freshness or novelty
Watchword (n)
Guiding principle
Tribulation (n)
Distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
Requited (v)
To make return for; repay
