NMJ Vocabulary

• Presaged
• Something that foreshadows a future event.
• Sage
• A very wise person.
• Wordsmith
• An expert in the use of words.
• Scrutiny
• Close and continuous watching.
• Watergate Scandal
• A political scandal involving a break in at the democratic headquarters at the Watergate building in Washington D.C. during the presidential campaign of 1972. Through intense investigation President Nixon was found guilty for ordering the break in and attempting to cover it up, this led to his resignation in 1974.
• Era
• A period of time identified by distinctive character and events.
• Afflict
• To trouble greatly.
• Watchdogism
• A person that grows cynical of every claim made by someone in power.
• Fourth Estate
• A group other than the people in power.
• Pander
• The catering to or profiting from the weaknesses or vices of others.
• Bulwark
• Any person or thing giving strong support or encouragement.
• James Madison
• He was the fourth President of the United States between 1809 and 1817. He is the main author of the U.S. Constitution and drafted the first ten amendments tot he Constitution.
• Determinate
• Having defined limits.
• Relevant
• Something that is connected with the matter at hand.
• Complacency
• A feeling of quiet pleasure of security, many times when unaware of a potential danger.
• Subsuming
• To include something as part of something more comprehensive.
• Assailed
• To vigorously attack arguments with ridicule.
• Reticent
• Reluctant, restrained.
• Sovereign
• Having supreme rank or authority.
• Empowered
• To enable or permit.
• Objective
• Not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations or prejudice; based on facts.
• Subjective
• Placing emphasis on one's attitudes and opinions.