VIP Class Notes (Georges)

Vocabulary

Precedent- Something that has happened before, and affects your views on the future.
E.g. He successfully won the case against that company, there is now a precedent on which to base our own case.

Self-defeating- When something you do stops yourself from achieving or completing some behavior or goal.
E.g. Whenever he writes an article, he is very self-defeating, he never thinks what he did is right.

Pronunciation

Obviously: Aw-bu-vee-us-lee (say it quickly)