Personal Vocab #3

Virtues- behavior showing high moral standards 

Ex- The virtues of power sharing between men and women. 

Robust- strong, healthy; vigorous 

Sagging- decline to a lower level

Deficit- the amount by which something is too small 

Suppressing- forcibly put to an end

Trivialized- make something seem less important or complex than it really is 

Ex- the problem was either trivialized or ignored by teachers. 

Hence- as a consequence 

Masculinity- possession of the qualities traditionally associated with men

Ex-

Domestic- of or relating to the running of the home or to family relations

Inclusion- the action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure 

Empirical- based on, concerned with or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic 

Impediments- a hindrance or obstruction in doing something 

Psyches- mentally prepare (someone) for a testing task or occasion 

Ex- We had to psyche ourselves up for the race. 

Derision- contemptuous ridicule or mockery 

Ex- My stories were greeted with derision and disbelief

Guerrilla- a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting 

Ex- The town fell to the guerrillas. 

Fictitious- not real or true; being imaginary or having been fabricated 

Ex- Rhett told a fictitious story. 

Complexity- the state or quality of being intricate or complicated

Ex- An issue of great complexity. 

Elite- a group of peole considering to be the best in a particular society 

Ex- The wealthy educated elite. 

Summit- the highest attainable level of achievement 

Ex- My summit was being accepted into Cal Poly. 

Orthodoxy- authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine or practice

Ex- He challenged many of the established orthodoxies.