Vocabulary II Flashcards
Cannon fodder
People considered readily available and of little value.
Fodder
Raw material.
Food.
Abdicate
Surrender
Relinquish
Doctrine
A particular body of teachings
Liberty
Freedom from arbitrary or despotic rule.
Freedom from foreign rule.
Unalienable
Not capable of being sold or transferred.
Subjective
Biased.
The nature of an object as it exists in the mind, rather than the object itself.
Objective
Not influenced by personal feelings.
Unbiased.
Deliverance
Liberation, Salvation
Theology: Salvation from sin.
Moratorium
A suspension of activity.
Proxy
Substitute.
Agent of.
Tender
To offer.
Make a formal offer of.
Parse
To analyze.
To analyze one part of a sentence.
Headwind
A wind opposed to the course of a moving object.
Rebar
A steel bar used to reinforce concrete.
Bode
To be an omen of.
Example: The news bodes evil days for him.
Salubrious
Beneficial.
Healthy
Proverbial
Having become the object of a proverb (a short popular saying) or of common mention.
Example: the proverbial barn door which is closed too late.
Querulous
Full of complaints
Unilateral
Undertaken by one side only.
Not mutual.
Interventionism
The policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state.
Firmament
Sky.
Lid.
Dominion
Power of control (or governing authority) over.
To have dominion over something.
Discretionary
For any use or purpose one chooses.
(adj.) Derivative
Not original.
Secondary.
Consolidate
To bring together separate parts into a unified whole.
