Pericles Speech Flashcards
Theocracy
A form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler; the God or deities law being Interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
Meritocracy
A elite group of people where progress is based on a ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
Plutocracy
The rule or power of the wealth of the wealthy
Xenophobia
Dislike of people from outside the country
Paranoia
A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions or persecution with or without grandeur
Emulate
To strive to equal or excel through imitation
Inflated
Filled or expanded by gas or air and pride
Eulogy
A laudatory speech or piece of writing for someone who has died
Exhortation
The act or instance of exhorting
Philippic
Any of the actors of pemothennes
Elegy
A poem composed in elegiac couplets
Lamentation
The passionate expression of grief or sorrow weeping
Reverence
A feeling of attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration
Pervades
To become spread throughout all parts off
Ordained
Selected to order or command
