Vocab 15

Question 1

Romanticism (n):

Answer 1

a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement marked by emphasis on the imagination and emotions and by an exaltation of the primitive and the common man,appreciation of nature, and interest in the remote or melancholy

Question 2

Waterloo (n)

Answer 2

a decisive or final defeat or setback

Question 3

Industrial Revolution(n)

Answer 3

a rapid major change in an economy marked by the general introduction of power-driven machinery or by an important change in the prevailing types and methods of use of such machines

Question 4

Laissez-faire (n):

Answer 4

doctrine opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary for the maintenance of peace and property rights.

Question 5

Novel (n)

Answer 5

a prose narrative longer than a short story that usually portrays imaginary characters and events

Question 6

Gothic (adj)

Answer 6

of or relating to a literary style characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre, mysterious, or violent incidents.

Question 7

Diabolical (adj)

Answer 7

of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil

Question 8

Coinage (n)

Answer 8

something (as a word) made up or invented

Question 9

Colloquial (adj)

Answer 9

used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation

Question 10

Regent (n):

Answer 10

a person who governs a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign

Question 11

Regency (adj):

Answer 11

or,relating to, or resembling the furniture or the dress of the regency (1811-20) of George, Prince of Wales

Question 12

Hierarchy

Answer 12

persons or things arranged in ranks or classes

Question 13

Archaic (adj):

Answer 13

of, relating to, or characteristics of an earlier or more primitive time

Question 14

Evocative (adj)

Answer 14

evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response

Question 15

Propriety:

Answer 15

the rules and customs of polite society

Question 16

Persecute:

Answer 16

to harass in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict: to cause suffer because of belief

Question 17

Massacre (n):

Answer 17

the violent, cruel, and indiscriminate killing of a number of people

Question 18

Oppression

Answer 18

unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power

Question 19

Imbue (vt)

Answer 19

to permeate or influence as if by dyeing

Question 20

Escapade (n):

Answer 20

an unconventional adventure or experience

Question 21

Reign of terror

Answer 21

period marked by violence that is often committed by those in power and produces widespread terror.

Question 22

Aristocracy

Answer 22

a governing body or upper class usually made up of a hereditary nobility