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affidavit
A sworn statement made in writing.
🌱The whole family had signed affidavits stating that they believed the will to be valid. 🌳In Latin, affidavit means "he （she） has sworn an oath," and an affidavit is always a sworn written document. If it contains a lie, the person making it may be prosecuted. Affidavits are often used in court when it isn't possible for someone to appear in person. Police officers must usually file an affidavit with a judge to get a search warrant. Affidavits （unlike similar signed statements called depositions） are usually made without an opposing lawyer being present and able to ask questions. diffident Lacking confidence; timid, cautious.
🌱He always found it a struggle to get his most diffident students to speak in front of the class. 🌳Diffident means lacking faith in oneself—in other words, the opposite of confident. Distrust in your abilities or opinions usually makes you hesitate to speak or act. Patients who feel diffident around their doctors, for example, don't dare ask them many questions. A helpful friend tries to instill confidence in place of diffidence. fiduciary 1、 Having to do with a confidence or trust.
2、 Held in trust for another.
🌱Pension-fund managers have a fiduciary responsibility to invest the pension's funds for the sole benefit of those who will receive the pensions. 🌳A fiduciary relationship is one in which one person places faith in another. Stockbrokers and real-estate agents have fiduciary duties to their clients, which means they must act in their clients' best financial interests. Members of a company's board of directors have a fiduciary responsibility to protect the financial interests of the company's shareholders. There are legal requirements for those with fiduciary responsibility, and they can be sued for breach of fiduciary duty if they fail. perfidy Faithlessness, disloyalty, or treachery.
🌱While working for the CIA he was lured into becoming a double agent, and it seems he paid a high price for his perfidy. 🌳The perfidiousBenedict Arnold plotted with the British to surrender West Point to them during the American Revolution—an act that made his name a synonym for traitor. In recent years, the perfidy of the double agents Aldrich Ames （of the CIA） and Robert Hanssen （of the FBI） has become notorious.
🌱The whole family had signed affidavits stating that they believed the will to be valid. 🌳In Latin, affidavit means "he （she） has sworn an oath," and an affidavit is always a sworn written document. If it contains a lie, the person making it may be prosecuted. Affidavits are often used in court when it isn't possible for someone to appear in person. Police officers must usually file an affidavit with a judge to get a search warrant. Affidavits （unlike similar signed statements called depositions） are usually made without an opposing lawyer being present and able to ask questions. diffident Lacking confidence; timid, cautious.
🌱He always found it a struggle to get his most diffident students to speak in front of the class. 🌳Diffident means lacking faith in oneself—in other words, the opposite of confident. Distrust in your abilities or opinions usually makes you hesitate to speak or act. Patients who feel diffident around their doctors, for example, don't dare ask them many questions. A helpful friend tries to instill confidence in place of diffidence. fiduciary 1、 Having to do with a confidence or trust.
2、 Held in trust for another.
🌱Pension-fund managers have a fiduciary responsibility to invest the pension's funds for the sole benefit of those who will receive the pensions. 🌳A fiduciary relationship is one in which one person places faith in another. Stockbrokers and real-estate agents have fiduciary duties to their clients, which means they must act in their clients' best financial interests. Members of a company's board of directors have a fiduciary responsibility to protect the financial interests of the company's shareholders. There are legal requirements for those with fiduciary responsibility, and they can be sued for breach of fiduciary duty if they fail. perfidy Faithlessness, disloyalty, or treachery.
🌱While working for the CIA he was lured into becoming a double agent, and it seems he paid a high price for his perfidy. 🌳The perfidiousBenedict Arnold plotted with the British to surrender West Point to them during the American Revolution—an act that made his name a synonym for traitor. In recent years, the perfidy of the double agents Aldrich Ames （of the CIA） and Robert Hanssen （of the FBI） has become notorious.
FID comes from fides, the Latin word for "faith" or "trust." Fidelity is another word for "faithfulness." Confidence is having faith in someone or something. An infidel is someone who lacks a particular kind of religious faith. And the once-popular dog's name Fido is Latin for "I trust."🌸