AP LANG 1984 Book 2 Vocab

Fatuous

foolish and silly

Shirk

to evade work or duty

Contrived

obviously planned or forced

Incredulity

inability or unwillingness to believe

Infallible

exempt from error, absolutely trustworthy

Privation

a lack of the usual comforts of life

Driveling

speaking childishly or idiotically

Compulsion

the act of force or coercion

Deprecating

to belittle, express disapproval of

Impudent

a type of shameless boldness

Impregnable

not able to overcome

Demur

hesitation

Catechism

instruction in the practices of the church

Harangue

a long and intense verbal attack

Oligarchy

a form of government in which power is held by a few or dominate class

Hierarchial

a system in which persons are ranked one above the other

Socialism

a system in which control of the means of production, capital, and land is held by the community

Totalitarian

a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life

Stratified

arranged in graded status levels