Critical Issues Vocab

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  1. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  2. alternative
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  3. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  4. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  5. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder
  6. augment
    enlarge or increase
  7. authentic
    not counterfeit or copied
  8. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  9. bolster
    support and strengthen
  10. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  11. coalition
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
  12. cohesive
    combining well to form a unified whole
  13. collaborate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  14. comply
    act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
  15. contingent
    determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
  16. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
  17. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  18. derogatory
    expressive of low opinion
  19. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  20. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  21. distraught
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  22. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
  23. egocentric
    limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
  24. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  25. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  26. estrange
    remove from customary environment or associations
  27. exacerbate
    make worse
  28. facilitate
    make easier
  29. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
  30. hypothetical
    a conjectural possibility or circumstance
  31. illicit
    contrary to accepted morality or convention
  32. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  33. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  34. inherent
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  35. lax
    without rigor or strictness
  36. negligent
    characterized by undue lack of attention or concern
  37. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  38. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  39. oppose
    be against
  40. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  41. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  42. proficient
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  43. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  44. rejuvenate
    make younger or more youthful
  45. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  46. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  47. spontaneous
    said or done without having been planned in advance
  48. static
    not in physical motion
  49. subsidize
    support, as through grants or other funds
  50. validate
    confirm the legal force of
Created on Fri Feb 22 12:10:43 EST 2013 (updated Fri Feb 22 12:13:19 EST 2013)

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