WW 2-5
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EvanHatton11 on February 3, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 actuary | insurance analyst and statistician |
| alibi | (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question |
| arraign | to call before a court, summon to trial |
| bequeath | to give or bestow in one's will |
| bereavement | loss or desolation, death |
| condolence | formal epression of smpathy |
| dirge | a funeral hymn |
| disburse | to pay out, expend $ |
| encroach | ...to intrude, trespass |
| epitaph | ...a tombstone inscription |
| exonerate | ...to clear from blame or guilt |
| incriminate | ...to involve or implicate in a crime |
| interment | ...burial |
| libel | ...written or printed defamation |
| litigation | ...a lawsuit, or legal disputation |
| solvency | ...ability to meet all financial obligations |
| actuate | ...put it in operation |
| felony | ...major crime |
| arraignment | ...follows in the next day or two |
| allege | ...felon pleads not guilty |
| compassion | ...pity or sympathy |
| requiem | ...musical composition for repose of dead |
| necrology | ...list of people who have died |
| infringement | ...violate someone's rights or privileges |
| arrogate | ...seize a right or privilege boldly |
| acquit | ...clear person after innocence is proven |
| exculpate | ...free someone from blame because he wasn't guilty |
| absolve | ...release someone consequences |
| recriminate | ... counter-accusation |
| cremetion | ...reducing body to ashes |
| exhume | ...remove it from ground after burial |
| calumny | ...defamation |
| disparagement | ...to belittle, speak slightly of |
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