Week 6 Vocabulary

advocate

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

• publicly recommend or support.

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• deeply upset and agitated.

alternative

• subject to chance.

• one of two or more available possibilities.

• consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position.

• a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.

authentic

• act in accordance with a wish or command.

• something that sticks together literally or figuratively.

• of undisputed origin; genuine.

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

bureaucratic

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

• clear (someone) of blame or suspicion.

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

• overly concerned with procedure at the expense of efficiency or common sense.

concurrent

• temporarily inactive or inoperative.

• existing, happening, or done at the same time.

• a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.

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

criteria

• a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.

• the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

• a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.

• keep from being seen; conceal.

distraught

• not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.

• deeply upset and agitated.

• able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

• destroy completely; put an end to.

hypothetical

• support (an organization or activity) financially.

• to show something to have been right or true, or to show someone to be free from guilt or blame

• involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory

• voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

omnipotent

• having unlimited power; able to do anything.

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

• being a part of a whole.

• deeply upset and agitated.

panacea

• produced or conducted by two or more parties working together.

• a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

• a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.

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