The decline of Wasp America
to strike a chord: to find sympathy with, to be in harmony with - fondness - love, appreciation -
angst: anxiety
- to decree: to
make a law - shrink from: oppose, refuse -
secular: humanistic, not-
religious - previous:
preceding - depict: show
- downside: disadvantage - underscore - underline
- to outlaw: to forbid - blur:
confuse - Act: law - motto: short
text - hegemony: domination by a group of people
- under threat: at risk - evangelical: ultra
protestant - preacher: man of the church -
within: inside - faith: religion, belief
- hierarchy: order of power - diversity:
a society where people are different - to rally:
to inspire- demographics: population statistics.