*We Beat the Street Chapters 8-17

deterrent

something that discourages or prevents action or someone from doing something. (noun)

rigorous

extremely thorough or complete; hardships; difficult

hoodlum

thug, or a person who engages in crime and violence.

retort

say something in aswer to a remark or accusation usually sharp and angry.

malignant

something dangerous or harmful in influence or effect.

succumb

fail to resist or submit to; give in

surplus

an amount of something left over, excess abundance.

diverse

varied; mixed

engulfed

immersed ; flooded; to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge

seethed

raged; angered

detain

delay; hold back

insubordinate

disobedient

indefinitely

unlimited; not clearly defined; endlessly

pardon

release; set free

entrepreneur

businessman or businesswoman

authoritarian

domineering; overbearing; "in charge

incredulously

unbelieving; doubtfully

facilitate

make easier or smoother

pact

promise; agreement

inevitable

unavoidable

surreal

like a dream or fantasy; unreal

Admonished

expressing warning or disapproval of, usually in a gently or solicitous manner warn

Remediation

the act or process of remedying; correction
the correction of something bad or defective

Affirmation

confirmation of the truth; a positive assertion; the act of affirming; validation assertion

Dissipate

slowly broken up or scattered dissolve

adherence

attachment or commitment to a person, cause, or belief

counterpart

a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function

conviction

a strong persuasion or belief; certainly

commission

perpetration of a crime; in the act of committing a crime.

exhilaration

Full of excitement and energy; joy