Daily Vocab Quiz 4 Flashcards
Transient
Existing for a short time, especially as a temporary guest, boarder, or laborer
Proviso
A clause in a statute, contract, or familiar document making a qualification, condition, or restriction
Plutocracy
Govt. or state in which the wealthy class rules
Pauperism
State or condition of utter poverty
Spoils system
Arrangement where party leaders reward loyalists with government jobs
Censure
To express severe disapproval of someone or something, typically in a formal statement.
Textile
Any cloth or fabric, especially those produced by weaving or knitting
Laissez faire
Doctrine based on the economic theory that the govt. shouldn’t interfere in business or economy
Patent
Grant made by govt. that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make/use/sell the invention for a set period of time
Antebellum
Before or existing before the war. Esp. the American civil war
Evangelical
Pertaining to certain movements within Protestant churches that stressed salvation by faith in the death of Jesus
Utopian
Involving a state of idealized perfection
Secular
Of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious
Itinerant
Traveling from place to place (minister, judge, sales representative)
Polygamy
Practice of having more than one spouse at a time
Deviancy
Departing from the normal; abnormal behavior
Bigotry
Narrow mindedness, stubborn and complete intolerance or any belief that differs from one’s own
Lynch
To put to death, esp. by hanging, through mob action and without legal authority
Chattel
Moveable article or personal property (inanimate/animate)
Martyr
Person who sacrifices something of great value, esp. their life itself
Spiritual
Religious hymn of folk song of African American slave origin
