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Eminent Dissent: Overcoming Trite Altercations

Explore how eminent figures navigate disagreements and find ways to overcome common, stale arguments. Follow their journeys to rise above trivial altercations, leading to fruitful resolutions and meaningful progress.

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Eminent Dissent: Overcoming Trite Altercations

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 3 Level D - Freshmen

  2. Abridge • (v) to make shorter

  3. Adherent • (n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to

  4. Altercation • (n) – an angry argument

  5. Cherubic • (adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent

  6. Condone • (v.) to pardon or overlook

  7. Dissent • (v) to disagree; (n) disagreement

  8. Eminent • (adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting

  9. Exorcise • (v) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

  10. Fabricate • (v) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

  11. Irate • (adj) angry

  12. Marauder • (n) a raider, plunderer

  13. Obesity • (n) excessive fatness

  14. Pauper • (n) an extremely poor person

  15. Pilfer • (v) to steal in small quantities • http://bcove.me/q47dmyny

  16. Rift • (n) a split, break, breach

  17. Semblance • (n) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition

  18. Surmount • (v) to overcome, rise above

  19. Terminate • (v) to bring to an end

  20. Trite • (adj) commonplace; overused, stale

  21. Usurp • (v) to seize and hold a position by force or without right

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