Pretentious
Cocky, arrogant, conceited
Euphemism
Sugar coat something, cushion the blow, to use inoffensive language
Dejure Law
written law
Nepotism
Favoring family members
Anecdotal evidence
Heresay, gossip, rumors
Empirical evidence
Proven facts
Partisan
Two groups disagree
Bipartisan
Two groups agree
Xenophobia
A fear of foreigners
Defacto Law
Unspoken/written law
Guerilla Warfare
Hit and run tricky warfare also known as the poor men’s war
Patriarchal
Male-dominated
Totalitarian
Gov. has total control over the people
Jingoism
Extreme nationalism, you think your country is perfect and has never done anything wrong
Fascism
Gov. that has totally control with extreme nationalism
Demagogue
Person who appeals to fear and prejudices, fear-mongers
Affirmative Action
Enforcing or mandating diversity (law)
Machiavellian
Ruthless
Autonomy
Independence, self-governing
Martyr
Someone who’s willing to sufferer even die for a cause
Secular
Non-Religious
Draconian
Very severe or harsh
Bull Market
People are making a lot of money in the stock market
Bear Market
Bad times in the stock market, people are losing money
Empathy
Put yourself in someone else’s shoes, when you can relate to or feel how someone else is feeling
Theocracy
Religious based gov.
(bible is your constitution)
church and state are combined
Blue Collar
Manual laborer, works w their hands
carpenter, mechanic, plumber, etc
White Collar
Work in an office building, desk job
Avant Garde
Cutting edge or very modern art
Misogyny
Hateful towards women, anti-women
Expatriate
Person who moves out of their country to live in another country
Malady
Sickness or disease
Panacea
Remedy or a cure
Heretic
Person who speaks out against the main belief system
Jim Crow
Segregation that occurred for many years after slavery
Uncle Tom
A black man who sucks up to white men
Muckraker
A reporter who exposes corruption in high places
Gadfly
Persisten critic
Nihilistic
Person who doesn’t believe in anything
Agnostic
Believe in a higher power but can’t define it
Laissez Faire
Gov. is hands off, not involved, wishing for less government
Coup
- brilliant idea
2. short cut for Coup De’atet
Coup De’etat
military overtake of the gov.
Anti-Semitism
Anti-Jewish, dislike of Jews
Appeasement
To give in to avoid conflict, not a compliment
Entrepreneur
Someone who starts their own business
Zealot
A fanatic, someone with extreme beliefs, extremist for your cause
Antebellum
Time period before a war
Omnipotent
All powerful, invincible
Collateral damage
Military term for civilians being killed in warfare
Luddite
Anti-technology
Proletariat
The working class
Surreal
dream-like
Quixotic
You’re a dreamer but it never seems to happen, all talk
Yellow journalism
Putting exciting but unnecessary stories on the news
Philistine
a slob, uncultured, uncivilized, not a compliment
Bohemian
unique, different, out of the mainstream
Automation
when machines replace humans
Ascetic
someone who lives a very simple life for spiritual reasons
Cosmopolitan
worldly, sophisticated
Social Darwinism
survival of the fittest, belief that people are either on the top or a flop
Apolitical
uninterested w politics
Anachronism
outdated
Erudite
someone who’s highly educated
Excommunicate
cut out or kicked out of something
Martial Law
military law
Hyperbole
big exaggeration
Hegemony
control
Precocious
very advanced
Belligerent
aggressive or warlike
Egalitarian
equality
Indigenous
native to an area, first people to settle in an area
Oligarchy
a gov by a few people (small group)
Autocrat
dictatorship or dictator, despot
Despot
autocrat, dictator`
Proactive
take charge of the situation
Precarious
unsafe or dangerous
Superfluous
unnecessary, excessive
Exacerbate
to make something worse
Eclectic
diverse, varied
Esoteric
specialized language or a language that is difficult to understand
Ephemeral
short lived, doesn’t last for awhile
Insidious
sly, tricky, slippery`
Narcissistic
full of yourself, self absorbed, pretentious
Hedonistic
To be obsessed by pleasure, you play hard and then you play harder, you have no goals other than where is the next party
Diatribe
A vicious, verbal attack
Euthanasia
Mercy killing, to put someone out of their misery
Aberration
An exception to the rule
Anomaly
Something out of the ordinary
Renaissance Woman
Good at everything
Sisyphean
Very difficult, almost impossible task
Hubris
Arrogance, excessive pride
Anarchist
People who despise government because all governments do two things badly: serve the wealthy and strip us of our rights
Quagmire
Tricky or sticky situation
Antithesis
Opposite of something
Serendipity
Pleasant surprise
Bourgeoisie
owning class
Clandestine
Secret
Reparation
Payment you give when you lose a war
Suffragist
Pushing for somebody to get the right to vote
Red Herring
A distraction
Infamous
Notorious
Pontificate
Preachy, a know it all
Pluralistic
Diversity
Provincial
Narrow minded, small townish
Maverick
Out of the box risk taker, adventuresome, willing to shake things up, take new risks
Nefarious
Wicked or evil
Epiphany
A sudden realization
Ubiquitous
Existing everywhere