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Level F unit 5 vocabulary part A

Level F unit 5 vocabulary part A. amnesty equitable autonomy extricate axiomatic filch blazon flout caveat fractious. Amnesty. A general pardon for an offense against government; any act of forgiveness or absolution

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Level F unit 5 vocabulary part A

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  1. Level F unit 5 vocabulary part A

  2. amnesty equitable autonomy extricate axiomatic filch blazon flout caveat fractious

  3. Amnesty • A general pardon for an offense against government; any act of forgiveness or absolution • Ex. Many politicians were freed under the amnesty granted by the new regime.

  4. Synonyms • An act of forgiveness

  5. Autonomy • Self-government, political control • Ex. Even after the thirteen colonies gained autonomy from England, many Americans clung to English traditions.

  6. Synonyms • Home rule

  7. Axiomatic • Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule. • Ex. One should not accept the idea that the camera never lies as an axiomatic truth

  8. Synonyms • Taken for granted

  9. Blazon • To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely. • Ex. They will blazon the results of the election across the internet and every television set in land

  10. Synonyms • Broadcast, trumpet

  11. Caveat • A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior. • Ex. The well known Latin phrase “ caveat emptor” means “let the buyer beware”

  12. Synonyms • Admonition, word to the wise.

  13. Equitable • Fair, just embodying principles of justice. • Ex. He did more work, so a sixty-forty split of the profits seemed an equitable arrangement.

  14. Synonyms • Right, reasonable, even handed.

  15. Extricate • To free from entanglements or difficulties; to move with effort. • Ex. The ring must have slid off my finger as I was trying to extricate the fish from the net.

  16. Synonyms • Disentangle, extract, disengage

  17. Filch • To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts. • Ex. If you filch pennies from the cash drawer, you are unlikely after awhile to be satisfied with only pennies.

  18. Synonyms • Pilfer, purloin, swipe

  19. Flout • To mock, treat with contempt. • Ex. She chose to ignore my advice, not because she wanted to flout my beliefs.

  20. Synonyms • Scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn.

  21. Fractious • Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable. • Ex. It seems as if the smoothest running organizations contain one or two fractious people.

  22. Synonyms • Refractory, recalcitrant, peevish

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