Chapter 18 Vocabulary

a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty

• fugitive

• activism

• turmoil

• dispute

• transcontinental

a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution.

• fugitive

• activism

• turmoil

• dispute

• exorbitant

important; famous

• fugitive

• activism

• omnibus

• prominent

• exorbitant

(especially of a railroad line) crossing a continent

• omnibus

• activism

• fugitive

• dispute

• transcontinental

an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions

• omnibus

• compromise

• dispute

• prominent

• fugitive

the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.

• transcontinental

• compromise

• turmoil

• dispute

• activism

a disagreement, argument, or debate.

• omnibus

• dispute

• transcontinental

• exorbitant

• fugitive

a clause in a will, decree, or security agreement that stipulates the disposition or status of property not specifically named.

• omnibus

• activism

• turmoil

• dispute

• fugitive

(of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high

• fugitive

• activism

• turmoil

• dispute

• exorbitant