Vocabulary Flashcards

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Avant-garde

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Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

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Dialectical Materialism

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The Marxian interpretation of reality that views matter as the sole subject of change and all change as the product of a constant conflict between opposites arising from the internal contradictions inherent in all events, ideas, and movements

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Dynasty

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A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

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Clandestine

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Marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy

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Proletariat

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The class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class

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Chador

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A large cloth worn as a combination head covering, veil, and shawl usually by Muslim women especially in Iran

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Pretext

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A purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs

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Coup d’état

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A sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group

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Secular

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Not pertaining to or connected with religion

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Belligerent

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Inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness