Ben Franklin - A
Vocabulary terms from the first half of the lessons in "Founding of a Nation: Ben Franklin" from the History Channel
Terms
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- subterfuge
- a plan with a hidden objective
- ingenuity
- cleverness, an imaginative approach
- industrious
- constantly active or occupied
- indulgence
- the act of giving in to the will of another, especially in excess
- gazette
- official journal or newspaper
- edifice
- a building, especially one of large proportions
- innovation
- a new invention or way of doing things
- contrive
- figure out a way to do something, scheme
- irreverence
- disrespect or lack of appropriate seriousness
- legacy
- something passed down by a previous generation
- proverb
- short, popular saying that expresses an obvious truth
- proprietor
- owner or manager of a business
- acclaim
- enthusiastic public praise
- pseudonym
- a ficticious name, usually a pen name
- calamity
- a devastating occurance
- decimate
- to destroy something almost entirely
- approbation
- praise, approval
- disseminate
- to spread something widely to many people, or across a large expanse
- civic
- relating to the government or responsibilities of belonging to a community
- apprentice
- one who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers