APPENDIX “A”

ACTIVITY #:___2.a________
VOCABULARY ENHANCEMENT

SUBJECT: BSSLAW2 SECTION: AAF DUE DATE: September 22

SARMIENTO JEFFERSON 201911083@s.ubaguio.edu

TOPIC
# WORD MEANING
1 Avow To declare or state (something) in an open and public way

2 Annuity A fixed amount of money that is paid to someone each year

: an insurance policy or an investment that pays someone a fixed
amount of money each year

3 Allotment : an amount of something given to someone to use or have

4 Autonomy The state of existing or acting separately from others
: the power or right of a country, group, etc., to govern itself

5 Accumulate To gather or acquire (something) gradually as time passes

6 Artificial Not natural or real : made, produced, or done to seem like

something natural

7 Allege To state without definite proof that someone has done something
wrong or illegal
8 Bind To tie or wrap (something) with rope, string, etc.
: to tie the hands or feet of a person to prevent escape or movement

9 Bilateral Involving two groups or countries

10 Confiscate To take (something) away from someone especially as punishment

or to enforce the law or rules
11 Commutation : a change of a punishment to a less severe one

12 Consensual : agreed to by the people involved : done with the consent of the
people involved

13 Consensus A general agreement about something : an idea or opinion that is

shared by all the people in a group
14 Dock A usually artificial basin or enclosure for the reception of ships that
is equipped with means for controlling the water height
15 Distinct different in a way that you can see, hear, smell, feel, etc., noticeably
different
16 Dividend : an amount of a company's profits that the company pays to
people who own stock in the company
: an advantage or benefit that you get because of something you
have done
17 Disposition The usual attitude or mood of a person or animal
: a tendency to act or think in a particular way

18 Fiduciary Relating to or involving trust (such as the trust between a customer

and a professional)
19 Fungible Being of such a nature that one part or quantity may be replaced
by another equal part or quantity in the satisfaction of an
obligation

20 Grant To agree to do, give, or allow (something asked for or hoped for)
: to give (something) legally or formally

21 Implement : an object used to do work

22 Incur to cause yourself to have or experience (something unpleasant or

unwanted)

23 Jurisprudence The study of law

24 Litigate To make (something) the subject of a lawsuit: to cause (a case, an
issue, etc.) To be decided and settled in a court of law

25 Lenient Allowing a lot of freedom and not punishing bad behavior in a

strong way : not harsh, severe, or strict
26 Obtain To gain or get (something) usually by effort
: to continue to be accepted or in use

27 Proprietary : of or like that of an owner

: used, made, or sold only by the particular person or company that
has the legal right to do s

28 Patent Of, relating to, or concerned with patents

29 Unanimity The quality or state of being unanimous
30 Unanimous Agreed to by everyone
: having the same opinion