Word Wealth Part 2, Unit 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allege | to declare or assert |
| arraign | to call before a court, summon to trial |
| bequeath | to give or bestow in one's will |
| disburse | to pay out, expend (money) |
| encroach | to intrude, trespass |
| exonerate | to clear from blame or guilt |
| incriminate | to involve or implicate in a crime |
| actuary | an insurance analyst and statistician |
| alibi | the claim of having been elsewhere when an offense was committed |
| debenture | interest-bearing bond, voucher of indebtedness |
| increment | an increase (usually at specific intervals) |
| libel | written or printed defamation |
| litigation | a lawsuit, or legal disputation |
| option | a choice or a right of choice |
| solvency | ability to meet all financial obligations |
| bereavement | loss or desolation, especially be death |
| condolence | formal expression of sympathy |
| dirge | a funeral hymn, a song or poem of grief |
| epitaph | a tombstone inscription |
| interment | burial |
| felony | major crime |
| bail | bond guaranteeing her will return for trial |
| docket | calendar of cases to be tried |
| process of prosecution | felony, imprisonment, arraignment, plead, detention/bail, docket, prosecutor/defense attorney, verdict, acquit/convict, sentence |
| intestate | without a will |
| probate | testing by the court |
| expend | less technical than disburse |
| pay | less formal than disburse |
| reimburse | to pay someone back |
| bourse | stock exchange |
| bursar | treasurer |
| invade | to move in like a hostile army, disregarding the rights and wishes of the victim |
| infringe | to violate someone's rights/privileges, especially in a patent |
| presumee | to take upon yourself to say/do something not ordinarily permissible |
| arrogate | to seize control boldly |
| absolve | to release someone from consequences |
| acquit | to clear a person after his innocence is proved |
| exculpate | to free someone from blame either bc he was not guilty/ bc he was justified in what he did |
| discrimination | skill/prejudice in observing differences |
| recrimination | counter-accusation |
| actuate | to put in operation |
| actualize | to carry out |
| activate | to officially begin utility |
| counteract | to act against |
| debit | sum that you owe |
| deficit | amount by which a sum of money falls short of what is expected, needed, or owed |
| appreciation | to add to price/value |
| defamation | false and malicious attacks on your character/reputation |
| slander | spoken defamation/ false report/ damaging statements |
| calumny | defamation; making of flase/malicious misrepresentations -- written/spoken |
| litigious | likes to start/prolong a lawsuit |
| liability | danger you must face (sums of money owed) |
| fiscal | financial |
| bereave | to rob |
| compassion | pity/sympathy |
| commiseration | strong sympathy (personal, less formal) |
| requiem | musical composition/dirge for repose of the dead |
| obituary | death notice, in a newspaper, w/ short bio |
| necrology | list of ppl who died |
| mausoleum | large tomb built above ground |
| sepulcher | tomb (less imposing than mausoleum) |
| cenotaph | empty tomb; monument honoring ppl buried elsewhere |
| sarcophagus | stone coffin (with carving/inscription) |
| cremation | reducing body to ashes |
| bequeath | leave/give by will after death |
| disinter, exhume | to dig up |
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