APUSH ch. 15 16 17 test vocab

Question 1

Disaffection

Answer 1

a state or feeling of being dissatisfied

Question 2

Lame-Duck

Answer 2

an elected official whose time in an office or position will end soon

Question 3

Emissary

Answer 3

A person who is sent on a mission to represent another person or organization.

Question 4

Immune

Answer 4

Exempt from the effects of something

Question 5

Tenuous

Answer 5

Weak or flimsy

Question 6

Stymied

Answer 6

To block

Question 7

Indissoluble

Answer 7

uncabable of being undone or broken

Question 8

Fervid

Answer 8

intensely passionate or enthusiastic

Question 9

Locus

Answer 9

main point or focus of something

Question 10

Procuring

Answer 10

to obtain something by use of special means

Question 11

Conscription

Answer 11

the practice of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces

Question 12

Routed

Answer 12

defeat and cause to retreat in disorder

Question 13

sublime

Answer 13

of such excellence or beauty that it inspires awe

Question 14

Extolled

Answer 14

to praise enthusiastically

Question 15

Referendum

Answer 15

public vote on a particular issue

Question 16

waned

Answer 16

to become weaker

Question 17

Graft

Answer 17

the acquisition of gain in questionable or dishonest ways

Question 18

dire

Answer 18

urgent, desperate

Question 19

Adroit

Answer 19

having or showing skill and resourcefulness in handling situations

Question 20

malefactor

Answer 20

someone who commits a crime or some other wrong doing

Question 21

Contested

Answer 21

to make (something) the subject of an argument or a legal case; to say that you do not agree with or accept (something)

Question 22

Fledgling

Answer 22

Inexperienced

Question 23

Lurid

Answer 23

Causing horror or disgust

Question 24

Tacitly

Answer 24

Implied or indicated, but not actually expressed

Question 25

Eradicate

Answer 25

Destroy completely

Question 26

Bonanza

Answer 26

A source of great and sudden wealth or luck

Question 27

Insurrection

Answer 27

a violent uprising against government authority

Question 28

Attrition

Answer 28

the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure.

Question 29

Ascendance

Answer 29

the act of rising or moving up

Question 30

Enfranchised

Answer 30

give the right to vote to