11.20 Vocabulary

clash of opinion
gulp  v.
proprietor
tract   eg. a large tract of farmland
wail  v.
be reluctant to do
terminate   v.
eloquence  n.
exclusive   a.
brutal  a.
savage  a.
veracity     n.   doubt one's veracity
congregate v.
feeble   a.
twilight  n.
cowardly     a.
vocation n.
strive with temptation
lounge   loiter   roam 

increase ones negotiating power

economic depression

conservative leaders

These speeches caused great concern among many of the traditional business and conservative leaders of the nation.

progressive policy