Choice Vocab:
Restitution (n.)- the restoration of property or rights previously taken away
S: Amends, Payment
A: Fee, Penalty
Probation (n.)- the testing or trial of a person's conduct, character, qualifications or the like
Connect it: A lot of kids at school are on probation
Testosterone (n.)- the sex hormone C19H28O2 secreted by the testes that simulates the development of male sexual organs, secondary sexual traits and sperm
Connect it: Health class and the 2 weeks with a guest speaker about sex
Humiliation (n.)- the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification
S: Condescension, dishonor, put-down
A: Elevation, glorification, praise
Liability (n.)- Something disadvantageous
S: Accountability, accountableness
A: Irresponsibility, unaccountability
Suave (adj.)- smoothly agreeable or polite
S: Affable, agreeable
A: Awkward, unsophisticated
Expunge (v.)- a strike or blowout
S: Abolish, annihilate
A: Construct, create
Shoddy (adj.)- of poor quality or inferior
S: Cheap, Junky, scruffy
A: Fine, good, nice
Corporate (adj.)- of for or belonging to a corporation
Promotion (n.)- advancement in rank or position
Delusional (adj.)- having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions
Charter (n.)- a document issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized defining is rights and privileges
Reputation (n.)- the estimation in which a person or thing is held
Conspiracy (n.)- an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons
Camisole (n.)- a short garment worn underneath a sheer bodice to conceal underwear
Honduran (n.)- a republic in NE central America
Muzak (n.)- recorded background music transmitted by radio, telephone, or satellite to built-in sets in offices, restaurants, waiting rooms, etc.
Grovel (v.)- to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility
Teetered (v.)- to move unsteadily
Indentured (n.)- a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification
Burgundy (n.)- a grayish red-brown to dark blackish-purple color.
Tinny (adj.)- of or like tin
Halter (n.)- a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle
Conspirators (n.)- a person who takes part in a conspiracy
Swig (n.)- an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught
Blotter (n.)- a book in which transactions or events, as sales or arrests, are recorded as they occur