"Quid pro quo" is Latin word to mean "something for something." It is an exchange which is not permitted. It is a kind of harassment wherein something like money, sex, religion, or information is given or withheld in exchange for something else.
In "<u>quid pro quo</u>" harassment is withheld or given in something else exchange.
<h2>Explanation:</h2>
Quid pro quo harassment in the workplace occurs when the manager or someone at the managerial level hints or blatantly demand sexual favor in return for work-related incentives such as salary increase or promotion.
It can also occur if the authority figure threatens to fire or reprimand the subordinate in exchange for sexual favors. Furthermore, it can also extend to job applicants where the hiring managers require sexual favors in exchange for the job offer. If the hiring decision was solely based on sexual advances then it is deemed a quid pro quo harassment.
It was possible because it helped him navigate in territories that were completely unknown to him. Thanks to it, he could determine where his ship was based on the position of the sun and the time of the day and he used this to navigate all the way to India.
After reading the excerpt from "On the Gull's Road." The word acrimony means:
Bitter anger
Explanation:
"On the Gull's Road" is a short story that is written by Willa Cather. The theme of this story is undying love even death is near.
In the given excerpt the words "I told him curtly that he was mistaken, but my acrimony made no impression upon his blandness. I felt that I should certainly strike the fellow if he stood there much longer, running his blue ring up and down his beard. I should probably have hated any man who was Mrs. Ebbling's husband, but Ebbling made me sick." These words show that narrator is very angry with Mrs. Ebbling's husband.
