vocab Flashcards
propriety
Conforming to the normal standards of current society, appropriate
Credence
Acceptance of something as true
Stymied
To hinder or block
Impropriety
Inappropriate, unseemly, improper
Adjudicate
To make a decision judicially
Belie
Fail to give a true notion or impression of something
Parochial
Narrow in viewpoint or scope
Stultify
Cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative
Forbear
To refrain from, withhold
Impetus
Inciting action or cause
Praxes
A habit or custom, something that is done in practice
Parity
Equality between parts
Ostensibly
Seeming or appearing to be
Eschew
Deliberately avoid using; abstain from
Circumvent
To go around or to avoid
Proscribe
To prohibit or to denounce as harmful and dangerous
Tacit
Understood without being explicit
Partisan
Supporter of a particular ideology, topically to the point of bias and prejudice
Dearth
A scarcity or lack of something
Obdurate
Unable to be persuaded, stubborn
Derision
Insults, mockery, taunts
Jurisprudence
Decisions made by courts, or a system or group of laws
Exhort
To urge, advise or warn
Mete
To distribute or give
Surmise
To suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it
Preclude
To make impossible; to exclude from consideration
Impugn
To dispute the truth of
Unequivocal
Unambiguous and clear of meaning, absolute
Abate
To lessen to reduce or to become smaller
Inexorable
Unyielding, unchangeable
