"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 16

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  1. dictator
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  2. authoritarian
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  3. totalitarian
    of a government with an authority exerting absolute control
  4. charismatic
    possessing an extraordinary ability to attract
  5. purification
    the process of removing impurities
  6. inferior
    of or characteristic of low rank or importance
  7. chancellor
    the person who is head of state (in several countries)
  8. aggression
    violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
  9. axis
    a group of countries in special alliance
  10. quarantine
    place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
  11. unification
    the act of making or becoming a single entity
  12. appeasement
    the act of acceding to demands
  13. pacify
    ease the anger, agitation, or strong emotion of
  14. pact
    a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
  15. blitzkrieg
    a military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
  16. fleet
    a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
  17. radar
    measuring instrument using pulses of microwave radiation
  18. holocaust
    an act of mass destruction and loss of life
  19. scapegoat
    someone who is punished for the errors of others
  20. indifference
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  21. genocide
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
  22. deficient
    falling short of some prescribed norm
  23. unfit
    not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition
  24. squad
    a small group of police officers
  25. ghetto
    a poor densely populated city district
  26. concentration
    the spatial property of being crowded together
  27. extermination
    the act of getting rid of by killing off
  28. slaughter
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
  29. provision
    a stipulated condition
  30. arsenal
    all the weapons and equipment that a country has
  31. lease
    grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
  32. deploy
    place troops or weapons in battle formation
  33. inevitable
    incapable of being avoided or prevented
  34. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  35. infamy
    evil fame or public reputation
Created on Wed Nov 16 11:45:12 EST 2016 (updated Sun Nov 20 17:46:36 EST 2016)

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