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Dismal

Adjective



characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful: Our team played a dismal game.

Socialism

noun



a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.

Heady

adjective, head·i·er, head·i·est.



intoxicating: a heady wine.

Rhetoric

—noun



(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display

Conservatives

adjective



disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.

Amenities

Noun



any feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure: The house has a swimming pool, two fireplaces, and other amenities

Capitalism

nounan economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

Feudal System

nounthe political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.

Economy

noun, plural e·con·o·mies.thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.

Deterred

—verb (used with object), de·terred, de·ter·ring.to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.

Market Economy

nouna capitalistic economic system in which there is free competition and prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand.

Subsidy

noun, plural sub·si·dies.a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.



a grant or contribution of money.

Bureaucrat

Noun



an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment.



Works for government

Foretaste

nouna slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation.

Polarization

nouna sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.

Blithe

Adjective



without thought or regard; carefree; heedless: a blithe indifference to anyone's feelings.