The Great Depression: America 1929-1941 Glossary

The Great Depression: America 1929-1941 Glossary

empathy

share the sadness of another.

self-righteously

sanctimoniousness

devoid

lacking of

aptly

to do in an appropriate or suitable way

churchianity

sectarian attachment to Church practices

heretical

nonconformist

perversion

corruption of the accepted thinking

advocated

to recommend

ratify

give formal consent

skirting

to be on the edge of

exporting

selling goods to toher countries

noncommittal

guarded opinion

margin

winning on the edge

tycoons

a wealthy person in business

overspeculation

business transactions that incolve large gains with large risks

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