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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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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 • Ex. Many politicians were freed under the amnesty granted by the new regime.
Synonyms • An act of forgiveness
Autonomy • Self-government, political control • Ex. Even after the thirteen colonies gained autonomy from England, many Americans clung to English traditions.
Synonyms • Home rule
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
Synonyms • Taken for granted
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
Synonyms • Broadcast, trumpet
Caveat • A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior. • Ex. The well known Latin phrase “ caveat emptor” means “let the buyer beware”
Synonyms • Admonition, word to the wise.
Equitable • Fair, just embodying principles of justice. • Ex. He did more work, so a sixty-forty split of the profits seemed an equitable arrangement.
Synonyms • Right, reasonable, even handed.
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.
Synonyms • Disentangle, extract, disengage
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.
Synonyms • Pilfer, purloin, swipe
Flout • To mock, treat with contempt. • Ex. She chose to ignore my advice, not because she wanted to flout my beliefs.
Synonyms • Scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn.
Fractious • Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable. • Ex. It seems as if the smoothest running organizations contain one or two fractious people.
Synonyms • Refractory, recalcitrant, peevish