"What is a Life Worth?" Vocabulary

an inkblot test that reveals a person's particular viewpoint

• Rorschach test

• artillery

• mechanism

• valuation

heavy ammunition used against an enemy

• allocation

• artillery

• balk

• liability

a comparison intended to illustrate common elements between seemingly different items

• tort

• allocation

• analogy

• disparity

put together from various materials

• litigation

• compensate

• concoct

• mechanism

technique for achieving a specific purpose

• mechanism

• disparity

• commodify

• garish

easily offended

• balk

• gall

• callous

• squeamish

offensively bright and showy

• garish

• balk

• indignant

• litigation

Impudence; insolence

• tort

• gall

• compensate

• analogy

to inflict stress or pain upon someone

• balk

• liability

• artillery

• traumatize

uncaring and cold

• valuation

• disparity

• callous

• gall