Vocabulary words

Haha, I know a lot of you wonder why on earth I post vocabulary words. It is in hopes that maybe one of you will learn one new word while browsing through them all! :D

Kleptocracy - a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.

dialect - a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language, esp. when considered as substandard.

uncouth - awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly; strange and ungraceful in appearance or form

provincial - belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local

migrations - the process or act of migrating

homogeneous - composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous

stymie - a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it

amnesty - a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction

ingrained - firmly fixed; deep-rooted; inveterate

reversion - the act of turning something the reverse way; the act of reverting; return to a former practice, belief, condition, etc.

Machiavellian - characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, expediency, or dishonesty; of, like, or befitting Machiavelli

subvert - to overthrow (something established or existing); to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of

periodic - recurring at intervals of time; repeated at irregular intervals; intermittent

engender - to produce, cause, or give rise to; to beget; procreate

veneer - a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance;

polarization - a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions; the production or acquisition of polarity

urbane - having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities; reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., esp. in expression

steppes - the vast grasslands, esp. those in the south and eat European and west and southwest Asian parts of Russia.

deficit - a lack or shortage; deficiency;

garner - to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place; to get; acquire; earn; to gather, collect, or hoard

symbolic - serving as a symbol of something;

feudal - of, pertaining to, or like the feudal system, or its political, military, social, and economic structure; of or pertaining to the Middle Ages;

fiefdoms - the estate or domain of a feudal lord; anything, as an organization or real estate, owned or controlled by one dominant person or group

autonomy - independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions; the condition of being autonomous; self-government, or the right of self-government; independence; a self-governing community

elitist - practice of or belief in rule by an elite; consciousness of or pride in belonging to a select or favored group.