Vocab 15
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musicluver2395 on March 30, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 arbitration | n.- settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider |
| attache | n.- member of staff of a diplomat |
| consecrate | vb.- , render holy by means of religious rites |
| consulate | n.- place govt. officials stay when not in their country |
| covenant | n.- an agreement b/w two or ore person to do or not do something specified |
| credo | n.- system of beliefs |
| desecrate | vb.- to violate something holy |
| discretion | n.- 1. freedom to act or judge on one's own 2. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress |
| emissary | n.-, someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else; messenger |
| entente | n.- an alliance of parties to such an understanding |
| laudable | adj.- deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable |
| Machiavellian | adj.- theory that it is acceptable to be deceitful and crafty to maintain political power |
| pious | adj.- devoutly religious |
| protocol | n.- code of correct conduct |
| sacrilegious | adj.- disrespect to something holy |
| sanctimony | n.- hypocritical religious devotion |
| sanctity | n.- being sacred |
| status quo | n.- current situation |
| supplicate | vb.- to pray or beg humbly |
| venerate | vb.- regard with feelings of respect and reverence |
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