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Vocabulary List #11. English 1 English 1 Honors. JUR. “to swear, to vow”. PERJURY. Noun Breaking of a legal oath The manager swore at the trial that he had no information about the store robbery; when he was found to be lying, police charged him with perjury . ABJURE. Verb
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Vocabulary List #11 English 1 English 1 Honors
JUR “to swear, to vow”
PERJURY • Noun • Breaking of a legal oath • The manager swore at the trial that he had no information about the store robbery; when he was found to be lying, police charged him with perjury.
ABJURE • Verb • To swear off; renounce. • After his fellow club members turned against him in the meeting, Peter abjured all contact with them.
CONJURE • Verb • To bring forth, especially through words. • In the opening of the book, the author conjures up an image of his boyhood farm.
DOMIN “to rule, to dominate”
PREDOMINANT • Adjective • Being most evident or apparent. • Although there are flashes of color here and there in the painting, black is the predominant shade.
DOMINEERING • Adjective • Forcing others to obey. • Lucy’s little sister is so domineering that she often orders the whole family, including her parents around.
INDOMITABLE • Adjective • Unbeatable; resilient. • Rebecca’s indomitable courage helped her survive her illness.
CRAT/CRAC “to rule; power”
ARISTOCRACY • Noun • Group of the most wealthy and privileged. • Members of the country’s tiny aristocracy had private beaches for sunbathing.
THEOCRACY • Noun • Government by a religious leader or figure. • The theocracy in the country ended when the high priests representing the gods were caught stealing from the people.
BUREAUCRAT • Noun • A minor official. • Councilman Jillian Roberts nominated several unqualified candidates to city positions, leading to an increase in the number of bureaucrats in the city’s government.
LEG “law”
LEGITIMIZE • Verb • To give credit or recognition to. • The police officer feared that giving the criminals any media attention at all would legitimize their group’s existence.
PRIVILEGED • Adjective • Available only to a special few; entitled to something special. • As a member of the most secret intelligence operations, Vergil was entitled to privileged information.
LEGISLATIVE • Adjective • Having to do with the law. • In one particularly chaotic legislative session, a law was passed, repealed, and passed again.