Details Title: 03/03/08 - 09/03/08 Description: Stuff I'm trying to know Total Flash Cards: 16 Created: 03/08/2008 08:58:09		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional General Vocab Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term desaparecidos Definition A forced disappearance Term proletariat Definition A class of wage earner in a capitalist society whose only possession of significant material value is its labour power. Term tout court Definition quite short : and nothing else : simply : just; also : brusquely Term hermeneutic Definition Interpretive; explanatory. Serving to explain. Term symbiotic Definition Describes a close relationship between two species in which at least one benefits. Term perdure Definition to continure; to endure; to survive Term apposite Definition being of striking appropriateness and pertinence Term obstinacy Definition The state or quality of being stubborn or refractory Term anomic Definition Socially unstable, alienated, and disorganized OR A socially unstable, alienated person. Term clinching Definition To hold a boxing opponent's body with one or both arms to prevent or hinder punches Term obsequious Definition Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning Term rapprochement Definition A reestablishing of cordial relations, as between two countries. The state of reconciliation or of cordial relations Term reproach Definition To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone) Term obfuscation Definition confusion resulting from failure to understand OR the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered Term redoubtable Definition Arousing fear or awe; formidable. Worthy of respect or honor. Term opprobrium Definition Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy. Scornful reproach or contempt