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Words of the Week
Term | Definition |
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Authority | The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience |
Consistent | A person, behavior, or process unchanging in achievement or effect over a period of time |
Principle | A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior for a chain of reasoning |
Evaluation | The making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment |
Primary | Occurring first in time or sequence |
Distinction | A difference or contrast between similar things or people |
Compensation | Something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering |
Correponding | Similar in character, form, or function |
Specified | Identify clearly and definitely |
Integrity | The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness |
Ethic | A set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming to a specified group, field, or form of conduct |
Professional | Of, relating to, or connected with a profession |
Persistent | Continuing firmly or obstinately in spite of difficulty or oppostion |
Capacity | The ability or power to do, experience or, understand something |
Motivation | The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way |
Enhanced | Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of |
Explicit | Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt |
Rational | Based on or in accordance with reason or logic |
Dynamic | Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress |
Inferred | Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements |
Interventiion | The action or process of intervening |
Conformity | Compliance with standards, rules, or laws |
Intensity | The quality of being intense |
Radical | Relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thororugh |
Complied | Act in accordance with a wish or command |
Reluctant | Unwilling and hesitant; disinclined |
Encountered | Unexpectedly experience or be faced with something difficult or hostile |
Adjacent | Next to or adjoining something else |
Odd | Different from what is usual or expected; strange |
Invoked | Cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument |
Complex | Consisting of many different and connected parts |
Detained | Keep (someone) in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in politically sensitive situations |
Pride | A feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own acchievements |
Circumstances | A fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event |
Maximum | As great, high, or intense as possible or permitted |
Validity | The quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or coegency |
Assessment | The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something |
Income | Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through invesrments |
Interpretation | An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure |
Concentration | the act or power of focusing one's attention or mental effort |
Obvious | Easily percieved |
Promote | Further the progress of (something, especially a cause, venture, or aim); support or actively encourage |
Adequate | Acceptable and/or satisfactory |
Domestic | Of or relating to the running of a home or to family relations |
Parameters | A numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation |