SAT Vocab 2 - Honors English

Decadence

Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury

Degenerate

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline. (Corrupt)

Frivolity

Lack of seriousness; lightheartedness

Subversive

Seeking or intended to overthrow an established system or institution

Dialectic

The art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinion; inquiry into metaphysical contradictions and their solutions

Proletariat

workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (Often used with reference to Marxism)

Regime

A government, especially an authoritarian one

Carnage

The killing of large number of people

Veritable

Used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor

Asylum

The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee.

Euphoria

A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.

Expel

Forced out or forced to leave