APUSH ch. 18 19 20 Flashcards
Centenary
the hundredth anniversary of a significant event
Pell-mell
in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner
Acquisitive
having strong desire to own more things
GNP
the total monetary value of all goods and service produced in a year
Wanton
a cruel or violent action that is deliberate and unprovoked
Magnate
a person of great power, rank, and influence
Rebates
Secret, privately negotiated reductions below published rates
Philanthropy
the desire to promote the welfare of others, usually by donations of money
Tempered
Made less intense or violent
Wily
full of clever tricks, clever, skilled
Defunct
no longer existing or functioning
Waxed
to increase in size, strength, or numbers
Docile
easily managed or handled
Quell
to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to passivity and submission
Mandates
an official order or commission to do something
Monied
having much money or wealth
Wards
a person or body of persons under the protection or tutelage or the government
Mores
the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
Lascivious
(of a person, manner, or gesture) feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire
Chattel
a personal possession, property other than real estate
Espoused
to make one’s own, to adopt or embrace
Degenerate
having low moral standards: not honest, proper or good
Prodigious
Amazing, wonderful, impressive
Destitution
poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for ones self
Pluralistic
a state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain and develop their traditional culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization
Pernicious
having a harmful effect, usually happening gradually
Prototype
an original or first model of something from which others are developed or copied
Reciprocity
the practice of exchanging things for mutual benefit
Appropriations
an act of legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specific use
Meted
given out by measure, to allot
Transients
people who stay or work at a place for a short period of time
Buffeted
to drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows
Contracted
to reduce or lessen the supply
Affable
pleasantly easy to approach and talk to, friendly
Charlatan
a person who falsely pretends to know or be something in order to deceive people
Bawdy
humorously indecent talk or writing
Ostentatious
intended to attracted attention
Infringe
to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress
Tenure
the amount of time that a person holds a job, office, or title
Acquiesce
To accept something reluctantly without protest
