Unit 11 & 12 Vocab

Question 1

Oligopoly

Answer 1

a situation in which a particular market is controlled by a few sellers, giving them the ability to control the market

Question 2

Peonage

Answer 2

The practice of holding a person in servitude in order to pay off debt or serve a penal sentence

Question 3

Ardent

Answer 3

Having or showing very strong feelings

Question 4

Relativism

Answer 4

The doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute

Question 5

Disparate

Answer 5

Different from each other

Question 6

Arbitration

Answer 6

The hearing and determining of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a third person or persons chosen or agreed to by them

Question 7

Adulterated

Answer 7

To make something weaker or impure by adding something of poor quality (food or drink)

Question 8

Strident

Answer 8

Loud and harsh; Sounding unpleasant

Question 9

Befuddled

Answer 9

To confuse, perplex

Question 10

Paucity

Answer 10

Smallest of number or quantity, less than the amount that is needed or wanted

Question 11

Steward

Answer 11

A person whose job is to manage the land and property or another person

Question 12

Syndicate

Answer 12

A group of people or businesses that work together

Question 13

Aberration

Answer 13

Something that is unusual or unexpected

Question 14

Impregnable

Answer 14

Not able to be captured by attack; very strong

Question 15

Nettlesome

Answer 15

Causing annoyance or difficulty

Question 16

Restive

Answer 16

Restless, uneasy

Question 17

Autonomy

Answer 17

The power or right of a country, group, etc, to govern themselves

Question 18

Amnesty

Answer 18

A decision that a group of people will not be punished or that a group of prisoners can go free

Question 19

Tutelage

Answer 19

Protection of or authority over someone or something

Question 20

Insular

Answer 20

Ignorant or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or people outside one’s own experience

Question 21

Lettered

Answer 21

Educated or learned

Question 22

Junta

Answer 22

A deliberative or administrative council, especially in Spain and Latin America

Question 23

Jingoism

Answer 23

Extreme patriotism, especially in the form or aggressive or war like foreign policy

Question 24

Appease

Answer 24

To make someone pleased or less angry by offering something that is desired

Question 25

Armaments / Munitions

Answer 25

Military weapons or equipment

Question 26

Municipal

Answer 26

Of or relating to a city or town and its governing body

Question 27

Schism

Answer 27

A division among the members of a group that occurs because they disagree in something

Question 28

Propelled

Answer 28

Pushed or driven forward in a particular direction

Question 29

Deficit

Answer 29

The amount by which something, especially money, is too small

Question 30

Disparaging

Answer 30

To describe as unimportant, weak, and/or bad

Question 31

Proliferate

Answer 31

To increase in number or amount quickly; to spread rapidly