VOCABULARY 23-1- 2017

1). Affirm

Meaning: Declare, state, aver, proclaim, pronounce, attest, swear, avow, vow, guarantee, promise, certify

Definition: state emphatically or publicly.

Usage: He affirmed the country's commitment to peace

2). Travesty  

Meaning: misrepresentation, distortion, corruption, poor imitation, parody

Definition: a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

Usage:  The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice

3). Reparation  

Meaning: amends, restitution, redress, compensation, repayment, atonement.

Definition: the action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged.

Usage: The courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim.

4). Dissent    

Meaning: disagreement, argument, dispute, demur

Definition: the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.

Usage: There was no dissent from this view

5). Oppress

Meaning: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, suppress, repress, subject

Definition: keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority

Usage: A system which oppressed working people.

6). Cacophonous

Meaning: loud, noisy, ear-splitting, blaring, booming, deafening,  

Definition: involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Usage: The cacophonous sound of slot machines

7). Glimpse  

Meaning: brief look, quick look

Definition: a momentary or partial view

Usage:  She caught a glimpse of the ocean

8). Integrity  

Meaning: honest, probity, rectitude, honour, ethics, sincerity, truthfulness, virtue, decency

Definition: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

Usage: A gentleman of complete integrity.

9). Intolerance   

Meaning: bigotry, dogmatism, illiberality, parochialism, insularity       

Definition: unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own

Usage:  A struggle against religious intolerance.

10). Elusive

Meaning: Difficult to catch/find, difficult to track down

Definition: difficult to find, catch, or achieve.

Usage: Success will become ever more elusive.