"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 11

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  1. comprehensive
    broad in scope
  2. accurate
    characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth
  3. medium
    a means or instrumentality for communicating information
  4. channel
    a means of communication or access
  5. advertisement
    a public promotion of some product or service
  6. cinema
    a medium that disseminates moving pictures
  7. timely
    done or happening at the appropriate moment
  8. credible
    appearing to merit belief or acceptance
  9. current
    occurring in or belonging to the present time
  10. educate
    teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
  11. judgment
    the act of assessing a person or situation or event
  12. warning
    a message informing of danger
  13. notice
    an announcement containing information about an event
  14. impending
    close in time; about to occur
  15. sufficient
    of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement
  16. recipient
    a person to whom something is sent, given, or awarded
  17. advance
    being ahead of time or need
  18. distinguish
    mark as different
  19. forum
    a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
  20. verify
    confirm the truth of
  21. social
    relating to human society and its members
  22. relay
    passing something along from one person or group to another
  23. frequent
    coming at short intervals or habitually
  24. anticipation
    the act of predicting, as by reasoning about the future
  25. commitment
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  26. awareness
    the state of having knowledge of something
  27. transparency
    the quality of being clear
  28. inclusion
    the act of making a part of something
  29. customer
    someone who pays for goods or services
  30. focus
    the concentration of attention or energy on something
Created on Thu Oct 20 17:39:44 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Oct 25 11:25:37 EDT 2016)

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