Flashcards: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html?_r=1
All 25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 stringent | marked by rigor, strictness |
| prosecute | to bring legal action against for redress or punishment of a crime or violation of law |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| reignite | : to heat up : excite <oppression that ignited the hatred of the people> |
| divisive | creating disunity or distension |
| overhaul | renovate, remake, revise |
| undermine | to wash away supporting material from under - to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly <trying to undermine his political rivals> |
| proponents | one who argues in favor of something |
| detain | 1: to hold or keep in or as if in custody <detained by the police for questioning> 2 obsolete : to keep back (as something due) : withhold 3 : to restrain especially from proceeding <was detained by a flat tire> |
| to weigh in | : to bring one's weight or influence to bear especially as a participant, contributor, or mediator <weighed in with an opinion> |
| underscore | to make evident : emphasize, stress <arrived early to underscore the importance of the occasion> 3 |
| courted | a : to seek to gain or achieve <court power> b (1) : allure, tempt (2) : to act so as to invite or provoke <courts disaster> 2 a : to seek the affections of; especially : to seek to win a pledge of marriage from |
| pervade | to become diffused throughout every part of |
| litigation | to carry on a legal contest by judicial process |
| smuggler | to import or export secretly contrary to the law and especially without paying duties imposed by law |
| invoke | to make an earnest request for : solicit |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly <his conviction was upheld on a theory never urged at his...trial — Leon Friedman> |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| fissure | a separation or disagreement in thought or viewpoint |
| boycott | to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a person, store, or organization) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions |
| detain | : to hold or keep in or as if in custody <detained by the police for questioning> |
| firebrand | one that creates unrest or strife (as in aggressively promoting a cause) : agitator |
| hinder | to make slow or difficult the progress of : hamper -to hold back : check |
| plunging | to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly into something <plunged the dagger---to cause to enter a state or course of action usually suddenly, unexpectedly, or violently <plunged the nation into economic depression> |
| imperative | 1a : of, relating to, or constituting the grammatical mood that expresses the will to influence the behavior of another b : expressive of a command, entreaty, or exhortation c : having power to restrain, control, and direct 2 : not to be avoided or evaded : necessary <an imperative duty> |