Vocabulary – Griffin Bell
Attorney General
Noun
The country’s chief legal officer. In the United States, the attorney general is a member of the president’s cabinet
Rural
Adjective
Outside the city. The country. Often relating to or characteristic of farming
Appointed
Adjective
Given an office or job.
Moderate
Verb
To preside over something such as a meeting or discussion, in this case also means to lessen the extremeness or intensity of a response
Facilitated
Verb
To help bring about. To make easier
Desegregation
Noun
to put an end to a customary or enforced separation of ethnic or racial groups in a place or institution, e.g. in a workplace or school
Court of Appeals
Noun
a court that has power to hear cases that have already been decided in lower courts.
Implementing
Verb
to put something into effect or action
January 5, 2009: Griffin Bell Dies
Vocabulary