English KeyWords Flashcards
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. (Being alone / apart
from others.
Isolation
Sadness because one has no friends or company.
Loneliness
the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and
the behaviour which is the result of this belief.
Racism
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
Segregation
A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or
better living conditions.
Nomadic
Occurring in cycles; recurrent.
Cyclical
A system in which members of an organisation or society are ranked
according to relative status or authority.
Hierachy
To ___________ a group of people means to make them feel isolated and
unimportant.
Marginalisation
The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American,
allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.
American Dream
A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
The Great Depression
An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust
and eroded, especially because of drought or unsuitable farming
practice.
The dust Bowl
