"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 13

This list focuses on the roaring life of the 1920s (Unit 4, Chapter 13).

Here are links to all the chapters in Unit 4, the 1920s and the Great Depression: Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15

Here are links to all the units of the California edition of the textbook published by McDougal Littell: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7
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  1. smuggle
    import or export without paying customs duties
  2. traffic
    buying and selling, especially illicit trade
  3. notorious
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  4. fundamentalism
    the interpretation of sacred texts as literal truth
  5. secular
    not concerned with or devoted to religion
  6. controversy
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  7. culminate
    end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
  8. flapper
    an unconventional young woman in the 1920s
  9. assertive
    aggressively self-assured
  10. abandon
    the trait of lacking restraint or control
  11. role
    normal or customary activity of a person in a social setting
  12. traditional
    consisting of or derived from a practice of long standing
  13. modern
    relating to a recently developed fashion or style
  14. adolescent
    a person who is older than 12 but younger than 20
  15. crush
    temporary love of an adolescent
  16. trend
    the popular taste at a given time
  17. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  18. liberate
    grant freedom to
  19. fad
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
  20. spectacle
    something or someone seen, especially a notable sight
  21. medium
    a means or instrumentality for communicating information
  22. broadcast
    message that is transmitted by radio or television
  23. glorify
    praise or honor
  24. aspiration
    a will to succeed
  25. idol
    someone who is adored blindly and excessively
  26. accomplishment
    the action of achieving something
  27. exploit
    a notable achievement
  28. expatriate
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  29. oratory
    the act of addressing an audience formally
  30. literary
    relating to or characteristic of creative writing
  31. heritage
    an attribute that is inherited from ancestors
  32. militant
    showing a fighting disposition
  33. poignancy
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  34. improvise
    perform without preparation
  35. jazz
    genre of American music that developed in the 20th century
Created on Wed Nov 16 12:12:51 EST 2016 (updated Sun Nov 20 13:58:32 EST 2016)

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