Vocab-december-01 Flashcards
To try to deal with something or someone
To tackle
Freedom from punishment or from the unpleasent results of something that has been done
Impunity
The range of a subject coverd by a book, programme, discussion, class, etc
Scope
Authority given to a person to for someone else, such as by voting for them in an election, or person who this authority is given to
Proxy
The murder od a whole group of people, especially a whole nation, race or religious group
Genocide
the action of forcing people to leave an area or country because of their racial or national group
Ethnic cleansing
A) to cause someone to feel sudden strong emotion
B) to defeat someone or something by using a lot of force
Overwhelm
When someone does something extremely violent and shocking
Atrocity
To surround a place, especially with an army, to prevent people or supplies getting in or out
Besiege
To show someone where they should go, or to make someone go where you want them to go
Usher
Making you feel serious or thing about serious matters
Sobering
Person who believes in the ideas and principles of someone famous and tries to live the way they do or did
Disciple
To surround and cover something or someone completely
Engulf
Burnt and black
Charred
A) strongly affecting how a situation will progress or end
B) able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing this quality
Decisiv