Chapter 11 Flashcards
Extemporaneous
Spoken or done without preparation
Quell
Put an end
Subdue
Agitation
Nervous excitement
Hap
Fortune or luck
Aboriginal
Existing since earliest time
Empirical
Based or concerned with observation
Consequent
A thing that follows another
Caustic
Bitter and sacarstic
Giddy
Staggering
Bourgeois
Middle class
Contemporary
Occurring at the same time
Stratagem
Plan or scheme
Resplendent
Attractive and impressive
Stoicism
Endurance of pain and hardship
Obfuscate
Obscure
Seditious
Causing people to revel against the authority
Billow
Large mass of something
Condense
Expressed in few words
Wither
Dry and shriveled
Slipshod
Lack of care thought and organization
Decadent
Moral and cultural decline
Salient
Clear obvious and important
Substantial
Important
Infringe
Actively break laws and agreements