Key Vocabulary Flashcards
Naive
Lack of experience
Cynical
Disbelieving and suspicious
Tyrannical
Brutal leader
Ineffectual
Hopeless
Totalitarian
Where the leader has complete control
Unify
Bring together
Preside
Lead over
Narcissistic
Someone who thinks about themselves a lot and admires themselves too much
Confound
Confuse
Repress
To control what people do
Megalomaniac
Power-hungry
Manipulate
Control or influence
Prosperity
A state of wealth
Unanimous
In complete agreement
Apathy
Lack of interest and concern
Collusion
Secret agreement to decieve others
Scapegoat
A person blamed for someone else’s wrong
Comrade
A word used to address a fellow member of an organisation - typically linked to the armed forces - or to address people in communist countries
Communism
A system of social organisation in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and recieves according to their needs/abilities
Dictator
A ruler who has total power over everything and everyone - typically by force
