Week Four Vocabulary

Assiduous

• showing great care and perseverance.

• existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

• warn or reprimand someone firmly.

• pen to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.

Constituent

• not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

• a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

• being a part of a whole.

• a long, thick pillow that is placed under other pillows for support.

Disparity

• about to happen.

• a difference in level or treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair.

• (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

• compensate for the faults or bad aspects of (something).

Dormant

• a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.

• compensate for the faults or bad aspects of (something).

• temporarily inactive or inoperative.

• showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Equitable

• competent or skilled in doing or using something.

• extremely distasteful; unacceptable.

• fair and impartial.

• disapprove of and attempt to prevent, especially by argument.

Heinous

• make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.

• disapprove of and attempt to prevent, especially by argument.

• not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

• utterly odious or wicked.

Jurisdiction

• contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.

• the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

• an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.

• not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful.

Qualitative

• (of a person) no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated.

• match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.

• relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity.

• not this one

Static

• carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.

• having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.

• a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.

• lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting.

Subordinate

• obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.

• a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

• lower in rank or position.