Group VI Vocabulary Flashcards

Quiz on December 16th, 2011-STUDY!

277392674	atrocities	brutal crimes of war, often committed against defenseless civilians	0
277392675	armistice	agreement to stop fighting	1
277392676	mandate	area administered to another nation; an authoritative command or an authorization to a representative or politician	2
277392677	sanctions	threatened penalties for disobeying laws or rules; official approval for an action	3
277392678	ambivalence	mixed feelings or emotions	4
277392679	candid	truthful and straightforward; frank	5
277392680	resurgence	bringing back into popularity or prominence	6
277392681	cliche	an obvious remark; a piece of artistic work that has been overused and has lost its original intent	7
277392682	credence	acceptance of something as true	8
277392683	denunciation	public condemnation	9
277392684	explicitly	fully and clearly expressed	10
277392685	indigence	poor and heedy	11
277392686	facetious	treating serious issues with inappropriate behavior	12
277392687	plausible	reasonable	13
277392688	annihilated	completely and utterly destroyed	14
277392689	axiom	a statement accepted as true on the basis of inference	15
277392690	apathy	having or showing little or no emotion, and/or lack of interest and concern	16
277392691	chicanery	deceit; the use of trickery to achieve a goal	17
277392692	sustenance	food or drink regarded as a source of strength or nourishment	18
277392693	reparations	payments for war damages	19