** Vocabulary Key for Stephen Chapman's "The Prisoner's Dilemma" The list is posted in the following format:
Word Synonym Antonym Definition Follows:
1. Islamic N/A N/A
the religious faith of Muslims including belief in Allah as the sole deity and in Muhammad as his prophet
2. Moslem N/A N/A
Follower of Islam
3. Flogging Whipped N/A
to beat with or as if with a rod or whip
4. Barbaric Uncivilized Cultured
possessing or characteristic of a cultural level more complex than primitive savagery but less sophisticated than advanced civilization
5. Stave Switch N/A
any of the narrow strips of wood or narrow iron plates placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel (as a barrel) or structure
6. Koranic N/A N/A
the book composed of sacred writings accepted by Muslims as revelations made to Muhammad by Allah through the angel Gabriel
7. Ayatollah N/A N/A
a religious leader among Shiite Muslims -- used as a title of respect especially for one who is not an imam
8. Ta’zir N/A N/A
Arabic word for flogging
9. Hadd N/A N/A
Arabic for automatic or mandatory
10. Genteel Urbane UnCouth
having an aristocratic quality or flavor
11. Superfluous Excessive Crucial
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
12. Flourish Augment/Amplify;Shrivel/subside
to grow luxuriantly, to achieve success
13. Grotesque Droll Ordinary
departing markedly from the natural, the expected, or the typical
14. Sociopath Psychopath Mentally sound
a mentally ill or unstable person
15. Criminologists N/A N/A
the scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon, of criminals, and of penal treatment
16. Retribution Payback Penance
system of justice based on equal and opposition atonement: ie. Eye for an eye
17. Deterrence Penalty Reward
the act or process of deterring : as a : the inhibition of criminal behavior by fear especially of punishment
18. Rehabilitation Reinstate Deteriorate
to restore to a former capacity : to restore to good repute
19. Criminality Illegality Citizenship
the quality or state of being criminal, illegal
20. Stint Allotment N/A
a period of time spent at a particular activity
21. Justified Just Unfair
to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable
22. Ostensible apparent disguised
being such in appearance : plausible rather than demonstrably true or real
23. Incarceration Imprisonment To set free
to put in prison
24. Penologist N/A N/A
a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders
25. Wretch Lowlife/mucker; Aristocrat
a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune
26. Recidivism N/A N/A
tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
27. Bizarre Strange normal
strikingly out of the ordinary
28. Due process N/A N/A
a course of formal proceedings (as legal proceedings) carried out regularly and in accordance with established rules and principles
29. Ritualistic Ceremonial Fundamentalist/
Minimalist
a movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles
30. Fundamentalism Essentialist Incidental-ist
a movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles
31. Austere Severe, Bleak Light-minded
stern and cold in appearance or manner
32. Smugness Priggish Humble
Self-complacent Modest
highly self-satisfied
33. Revulsion Abhorrence Alluring
a sudden or strong reaction or change b : a sense of utter distaste or repugnance
34. Sanctioned Approved Refused,
Censured
to give effective or authoritative approval or consent
35. Humanitarianism Philanthropist Misanthropist person promoting human welfare and social reform
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