Chap. 9 Vocab

Question 1

Epoch

Answer 1

a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.

Question 2

Bulwark

Answer 2

Any protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance

Question 3

Agrarian

Answer 3

• relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land
• Relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property

Question 4

Annexation

Answer 4

Adding to something larger, especially the incorporation of new territory through conquest

Question 5

Feasible

Answer 5

capable of being done, effected, or accomplished

Question 6

Fauna

Answer 6

the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period

Question 7

Flora

Answer 7

the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole

Question 8

Voracious

Answer 8

exceedingly eager or avid

Question 9

Potash

Answer 9

minerals and chemicals that contain potassium

Question 10

Alleviate

Answer 10

to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate

Question 11

Ne’er-do-well

Answer 11

worthless; ineffectual; good-for-nothing

Question 12

Genteel

Answer 12

1. belonging or suited to polite society
2. well-bred or refined; polite; elegant; stylish

Question 13

Nostrum

Answer 13

a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims & with no demonstrable value; quack medicine

Question 14

Tincture

Answer 14

a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol

Question 15

Embargo

Answer 15

An order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports

Question 16

Vestige

Answer 16

visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence

Question 17

Credence

Answer 17

belief as to the truth of something

Question 18

Faction

Answer 18

a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics

Question 19

Etiology

Answer 19

1. the study of the cause of disease
2. the cause or origin of a disease

Question 20

Staunch

Answer 20

Characterized by firmness, steadfastness, or loyalty