Sunday, May 8, 2011

Journalism Vocabulary Words

A few words that might be helpful to understand when writing.


Determinate:
  • Having exact and discernible limits or form.
  • Having the main axis ending in a flower bud and therefore no longer extending in length, as in a cyme.
Relevant:
  • Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand
Complacency:
  • A feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
Subsuming:
  • Include or absorb (something) in something else
Assailed:
  • Make a concerted or violent attack on
 
reticent:
  • Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
Sovereign:
  • Possessing supreme or ultimate power
  • A supreme ruler
Empowered:
  • Give (someone) the authority or power to do something
 
Class Notes..

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