What you see Flashcards
SCOTUS
Supreme Court Of United States
Discrimination
Treat person differently
Grant
to give or allow someone something.
an amount of money given especially by the government to a person or organization for a special purpose:
Merely
used to emphasize
Dissent
strong different of opinion.
Glaring
used to say that something bad is very obvious:
“glaring errors”
“a glaring injustice”
Loophole
a small mistake in an agreement or law that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something:
“tax loopholes”
Orientation
the particular things that a person prefers, believes, thinks, or usually does:
“We employ people without regard to their political or sexual orientation.”
Enact
to put something into action, especially to make something law:
“A package of economic sanctions is to be enacted against the country.”
Containment
/kənˈteɪn.mənt/
the act of controlling or limiting something or someone harmful:
“Containment of crowd violence was the police’s main concern.”
NYPD
New York Police Department.
disband
/dɪsˈbænd/
to stop being a group:
“She formed a political group which disbanded a year later.”
reassign
/riːəˈsaɪn
to give an employee a different job, or to arrange for an employee to work in a different place:
“It is unclear if the district will hire more mental-health professionals or reassign existing personnel.”
Plaincloth
/ˈpleɪnˈkloʊz, -ˈkloʊðz/
not wearing the uniform that is connected with a job:
“plainclothes detectives/policemen”
Acquire
/əˈkwaɪɚ/
to get or buy something:
“He acquired the firm in 2008.”
“I was wearing a newly/recently acquired jacket.”
Bump
/bʌmp/
a round, raised area on a surface or on the body:
“Her bicycle hit a bump in the road and threw her off.”
to hit something with force:
“She bumped into his tray, knocking the food onto his lap.”
Plead
/pliːd/
to make an urgent, emotional statement or request for something:
“He was on his knees, pleading for mercy/forgiveness.”
Symptom
/ˈsɪmp.təm/
any feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular disease:
“He’s complaining of all the usual flu symptoms - a high temperature,”
Regulator
/ˈreɡ·jəˌleɪ·t̬ər/
a person or organization whose job is to control an activity or process and make certain that it operates as it should:
“Federal regulators prepare to set stricter rules for cars and fuel”
Revoke
/rɪˈvoʊk/
to say officially that an agreement, permission, a law, etc. IS NO LONGER in effect:
“The authorities have revoked their original decision to allow development of this rural area.”
Metric
/ˈmet.rɪk/
using or relating to a system of measurement that uses metres, centimetres, litres, etc.:
“The recipe is given in both metric and imperial measure”
Dedicate
to give your energy, time…
