Vocab / sentences

1. Obligatory- 1: binding in law or conscience 2: relating to or enforcing an obligation / Paying taxes is obligatory.

2. awareness- having or showing realization, perception, or knowledge / Awareness about the society of today is necessary.

3. emancipation- the act or process of emancipating / Many people fought for emancipation of their country.

4. payoff- a: PROFIT REWARD b: RETRIBUTION c: the act or occasion of receiving money or material gain especially as compensation or as a bribe / I forgot the date of payoff.

5. Fierce- a: violently hostile or aggressive in temperament b: given to fighting or killing / I was running away from a fierce dog.

6. Parlous- a: dangerously shrewd or cunning b: full of danger or risk / The war between two countries was parlous.

7. Accommodate- a: to make fit, suitable, or congruous, b: to provide with something desired, needed, or suited / He accommodates his friends.

8. swath- a: a row of cut grain or grass left by a scythe or mowing machine b: the sweep of a scythe or a machine in mowing or the path cut in one course / The swath made a road.

9. repository- a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored / I found a repository of ancestors.

10. Scrutiny- a searching study, inquiry, or inspection. / Scrutiny is in progress because there was no clear evidence.

11. conscious- perceiving, apprehending, or noticing with a degree of controlled thought or observation / He is a conscious liar.

12. Lavish- expending or bestowing profusely: PRODIGAL / She is lavish of her money.

13. alumnus- a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university / I went to an alumni association of my high school.

14. Parochial- of or relating to a church parish ; of or relating to a parish as a unit of local government / The town is parochial.

15. Enrich- to make rich or richer esp. by the addition or increase of some desirable quality, attribute, or ingredient / The president enriched a nation by trade.

16. expenditure- the act or process of expending / An expenditure of $100000 on the new car is completed last month.

17. Inflation- an act of inflating: a state of being inflated: as a: distension b: a hypothetical extremely brief period of very rapid expansion of the universe immediately following the big bang c: empty pretentiousness: POMPOSITY / The war caused vicious inflation.

18. Commission- a: a formal written warrant granting the power to perform various acts or duties b: a certificate conferring military rank and authority / I have some commissions for you.

19. Stunning- causing astonishment or disbelief / The explosion was stunning.

20. priority- a: the quality or state of being prior b: precedence in date or position of publication / I have a priority to buy the soccer game ticket.