Vocabulary of Power, Change, and Understanding

Words Relating to Power and Authority

• Abdicate: Giving up a position of power or responsibility, often a monarch giving up their throne.
• Abolish: Officially ending a law, system, or practice, like abolishing slavery.
• Advocate: Publicly supporting or recommending a cause or policy, like an advocate for animal rights.

Words Relating to Change and Development

• Accumulate: Gathering or collecting over time, like accumulating wealth or knowledge.
• Alleviate: Making something less severe or painful, like alleviating poverty
• Augment: Making something larger or more intense, like augmenting one's salary.
• Assimilate: Absorbing or integrating into a wider society or culture, like immigrants assimilating into a new country.
• Cultivate: Developing a skill or quality over time, like cultivating a talent for music.

Words Relating to Understanding and Logic

• Apprehend: Comprehending or grasping something, like apprehending a complex concept.
• Arbitrary: Based on random choice or whim, not reason or system, like an arbitrary decision.
• Ambiguous: Open to multiple interpretations, unclear, like an ambiguous statement.
• Anomaly: Something that deviates from the norm, like an anomaly in the data.
• Conundrum: A confusing and difficult problem or question, like a philosophical conundrum.
• Convoluted: Extremely complex and difficult to follow, like convoluted reasoning.

Words Relating to Society and Behavior

• Accommodate: Providing what is needed or desired, like accommodating guests in a hotel.
• Conform: Complying with rules, standards, or norms, like conforming to social expectations.
• Constituent: A member of a group represented by an elected official, like voters who are constituents of a representative.
• Decorum: Proper behavior showing respect and good manners, like maintaining decorum at a formal event.
• Dissent: Holding or expressing an opinion different from the majority, like dissenting from a popular view.
• Empathy: Understanding and sharing the feelings of another, like showing empathy for someone in distress.

Words Relating to Ideas and Communication

• Circumvent: Finding a way around an obstacle or issue, like circumventing a traffic jam.
• Contingency: A future event that is possible but unpredictable, like a contingency plan for emergencies.
• Eclectic: Deriving ideas from diverse sources, like an eclectic mix of music styles.
• Endorse: Publicly supporting or approving something, like endorsing a candidate for office.
• Evoke: Bringing a feeling, memory, or image to mind, like evoking a sense of nostalgia.
• Exemplify: Illustrating by example, like exemplifying a concept with a real-world case.

Words Related to Character

• Benevolent: Well-meaning and kindly, like a benevolent ruler.
• Capricious: Given to sudden and unaccountable changes in behavior, like a capricious decision.
• Discrepancy: A lack of compatibility between facts or claims, like a discrepancy in the data.