Thursday, October 17, 2013

activity 27:definitions

Definitions:


Compensate-Make up for a loss
Disparity-unfairness
Valuation- determination of a monetary value
Litigation- legal act, suing
Commodify- turn something into monetary value
discretion- judgment
Liability- Debt or disadvantage
Beneficiary- Benefited by money
Tort- Lawsuit to a wrongful act
Allocation- distribution of money(in this case)
Squeamish- easily offended
Garish- Offensively bright/showy
Gall- Impudence
Traumatize- To inflict pain or stress on someone
Callous- uncaring, cold
Inconsolable- unable to be comforted
Indignant- Angry over an injustice
Balk- resist
Deteriorate- gradually fall apart
Rhetorical- related to the effective use of language
Rorschach Test- inkblot test revealing a person's viewpoint
Artillery- Heavy ammunition used against enemies
Analogy- Comparison intended to illustrate common elements between different items
Solidarity-Unity based upon common interest
Orchestrated- Carefully arranged to achieve a specific effect
Concoct- put together from many materials
Mechanism- Technique for achieving a certain result

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