History I H: Unit 5 Vocab Quiz (Bonanno)

Precursor (noun)

something that comes before something else and that often leads to or influences its development

Elites (noun)

the people who have the most wealth and status in a society

Deference (noun)

respect or esteem due to a superior

Profligate (adjective)

Wildly extravagant; wasteful of money

Enfranchise (verb)

to grant the right to vote

Culpable (adjective)

guilty; meriting condemnation or blame

Alleviate (verb)

to reduce suffering or make it more bearable

Usurp (verb)

to seize to take possession by force or illegally

Bourgeois (adjective)

relating to the middle class; marked by a concern for material things

Exacerbate (verb)

to make worse

Restive (adjective)

impatient, uneasy

Tempestuous (adjective)

full of strong emotions as of anger and excitement

Collaborate (verb)

1) to work with another or others to achieve a purpose; 2) to cooperate with an enemy

Divergent (adjective)

differing or separating from something or from a standard

Nemesis (noun)

a formidable foe who inflicts vengeance

Undermine (verb)

To weaken

Revolutionary (adjective)

bringing about a major or fundamental change

Carnage (noun)

great and usually bloody slaughter or injury (as in battle)