Term 3. Unit vocabulary | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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connections, relationships

affiliations

the audience's perception of a speaker's reliability and dependability

trustworthiness

to get in between two people when it is not your problem or issue

interfere

Seeing the bright side of life reduces stress and increases your chances of success

positive outook

to be humiliated or disrespected in public

lose face

An attack that sends an email or displays a Web announcement that falsely claims to be from a legitimate enterprise in an attempt to trick the user into surrendering private information

Phishing

pretend to be some other person; assume the character of

impersonate

Able to be switched out one for another

interchangeably

impossible to disentangle or separate

inextricable

spell or write a phrase that means "new money"

nouveau riche

Movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society's stratification system to another

social mobility

capable of being shaped

malleable

used for saying that you should accept other people's beliefs and way of life, even if they are very different from your own

live and let live

a synonym to the word "dependent"

contingent

keeping one's thoughts to oneself; withdrawn

reserved

a person's inherent qualities of mind and character

disposition

the attitude of seeming to despise anything associated with wealth or social status, while at the same time elevating those things associated with lack of wealth and social position

inverted snobbery

A crime that involves someone pretending to be another person in order to steal money or obtain benefits

identity theft

one who deceives by using a false identity

impostor

a more formal synonym to the word "arguing"

disputing

how the person's behavior varies from one situation to another

distinctiveness

an adjective that describes a snob (snobbish)

stuck-up

focus on, center on

revolve around

based on observation or experiment

empirical

to make fun of someone

take the mickey

the educational system, government, and political process are not controlled by a religious group, and most people's daily behaviors are not guided by strict religious guidelines

secular society

a synonym to the word "tendency"

inclination

concern only with surface aspects or obvious features

on a superficial level

comply with rules, standards, or laws

conform

to think of or treat (someone or something) as unimportant or not worthy of respect

to look down one's nose at someone

a game in which two teams pull on opposite sides of a rope

tug-of-war

involving mostly men or controlled mostly by men

male-dominated