"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 9

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  1. capacity
    capability to perform or produce
  2. supplement
    add to what seems insufficient
  3. support
    the activity of supplying with money or necessities
  4. facilitate
    make easier
  5. delivery
    the act of bringing or distributing something
  6. recovery
    the act of regaining or saving something lost
  7. logistics
    supplying an operation with labor and materials as needed
  8. finance
    the management of money and credit and banking
  9. circumstance
    the set of facts that surround a situation or event
  10. eligibility
    the state of being qualified for something
  11. proactive
    causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond
  12. implement
    apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design
  13. posse
    a temporary police force
  14. restrict
    place limits on
  15. severity
    the degree of something undesirable as pain or weather
  16. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  17. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  18. urban
    relating to a city or densely populated area
  19. extrication
    the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
  20. stabilization
    the act of keeping something from fluctuating
  21. responsibility
    the proper sphere or extent of your activities
  22. accountability
    responsibility to someone or for some activity
  23. stockpile
    something kept back or saved for future use
  24. repository
    a facility where things can be deposited for safekeeping
  25. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  26. protocol
    code of correct conduct
  27. volunteer
    without payment
  28. corps
    a body of people associated together
  29. contingency
    a possible event or occurrence or result
  30. adaptability
    flexibility to fit changed circumstances
Created on Thu Oct 20 17:37:43 EDT 2016 (updated Mon Oct 24 14:38:41 EDT 2016)

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