Week 1 Vocabulary

civil

• courteous and polite

• a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

• opponent, rival, enemy, antagonist

• incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

conscious

• approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively

• very weak or slight

• aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake

• having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods

contrite

• courteous and polite

• feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt

• incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

• refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind

defiance

• the practice of forming or pursuing ideals, especially unrealistically

• incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

• lack of guile or corruption; purity

• open resistance; bold disobedience

futile

• a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority

• incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

• having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods

• hate, loathe

hierarchy

• lack of guile or corruption; purity

• the practice of forming or pursuing ideals, especially unrealistically

• leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest

• a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority

idealism

• open resistance; bold disobedience

• the practice of forming or pursuing ideals, especially unrealistically

• courteous and polite

• aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake

innocence

• incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

• having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods

• opponent, rival, enemy, antagonist

• lack of guile or corruption; purity

tenuous

• very weak or slight

• feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt

• open resistance; bold disobedience

• hate, loathe

abhor

• hate, loathe

• approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively

• the practice of forming or pursuing ideals, especially unrealistically

• leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest