Roaring 20's Flashcards
a person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against any established rule, law, or custom
Anarchist
a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free of regard for conventional rules and practices
Bohemian
dishonesty, especially bribery
Corruption
the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed
Creationism
reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing
Credit
to refuse to take or accept
Deny
free for use; available
Disposable
of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike
Diverse
a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition
Speakeasy
to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite
Stimulate
the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth
Evolution
a young woman, especially one who, during the 1920s, behaved and dressed in a boldly unconventional manner
Flapper
to imprison; confine
Incarcerate
not accepting or respecting beliefs, opinions, usages, manners, etc., different from one’s own, as in political or religious matters; bigoted
Intolerant
a searching inquiry for ascertaining facts; detailed or careful examination
Investigation
