Vocabulary Quiz 2

a cruel and oppressive dictator

• Revolutionary
• Despot

• Monarch
• Philosopher

a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

• Luddite
• Visionary
• Conservative

• Reformer

a political system in which power lies in the body of citizens

• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Democracy

a ruler who is unconstrained by law

• autocrat
• dictator
• monarch
• democrat

an official engaged in international negotiations

• consul
• negotiator
• ambassador
• diplomat

out of proper balance

• Equilibrium
• Stable
• Balanced
• Disproportionate

a building where diplomats live or work

• foreign office
• embassy
• consulate
• diplomatic mission

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

• eradicate
• destroy partially
• remove
• eliminate

the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets

• espionage
• intelligence gathering
• covert operations
• surveillance

national

• state

• local
• regional
• federal