All APUSH Vocab Flashcards
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Beleaguered
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Beset with difficulties
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Entrepreneurs
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An individual who organizes and operates their own business
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Aristocratic
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A form of government in which the power is in the hands of a small and privileged class
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Vagrancy
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The state of being homeless
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Debacle
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Sudden or extreme failure
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Avarice
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Extreme greed for wealth and money
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Vice
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Behavior that is considered immoral or degrading
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Husbandry
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The cultivation of crops and raising of livestock
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Demographics
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The statistical plot and information of a population
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Misogynistic
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The hatred of women
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Dispersed
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To scatter or spread out
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Mortality rate
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The death rate of in a population
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Benign
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Having a kindly disposition, seemingly harmless
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Latent
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Present but not visible, existing potential
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Catalyst
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A person or thing that precipitates a change
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Conspicuously
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Easily seen or noticed
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Orthodoxy
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The authorized or given belief
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Enumerated
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Mentioned separately or listed in order
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Unicameral
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Consisting of a single chamber, as of legislature
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Habeas Corpus
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A writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court (to avoid unfair imprisonment)
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Dissident
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Someone who disagrees
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Proprietorship
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A person who has an exclusive right or titles to something, ownership rights (property)
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Homogeneous
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Composed of parts or elements that all are of the same kind
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Embedded
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Fixed or retained into something
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Incurred
To come into or acquire
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Proxy
A written authorization empowering another person to vote, represent, or act for the signer
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Wary
Feeling or showing caution about possible danger or problems
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Arable
Suitable for growing crops
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Dispelled
To make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear
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Heterogeneous
Diverse in character or content
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Squatters
A person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land
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Precarious
Exposed to or involving danger, uncontrollable
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Encroach
To trespass the domain, property, or rights of another person
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Emulate
To rival with some degree of success
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Augment
To make larger
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Aggregate
Formed by the conjunction or collection or particulars into a whole
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Solvent
Able to pay one's debts
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Itinerant
A person who travels from place to place
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Burgeoning
Being to grow or increase rapidly, flourish
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Demerit
A mark awarded against someone for a fault or offense
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Autocratic
Pertaining to the form of government in which a small group of people hold all of the power
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Chicanery
Trickery or deception
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Repel
To drive or force back
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Indolent
Having or showing disposition to avoid exertion, lazy or sluggish
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Accede
Assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty
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Rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
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Terrain
A stretch of land, with regard to its physical features
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Cessation
The fact or process of ending or being brought to an end
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Predatory
Relating to or denoting an animal or person seeking to exploit others
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Vigilantes
Self appointed group that undertakes law enforcement without legal authority
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Conciliatory
Intended or likely to pacify
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(burned in) Effigy
A representation or a person that is usually burned or hanged to make an example of someone or something
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Rescind
To revoke, cancel, or repeal
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Ideologue
Someone who is uncompromising and dogmatic
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Intrepid
Fearless, adventurous
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Mercenaries
Professional soldiers hired to serve in a foreign army
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Poignant
Evoking a strong emotional response
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Untenable
Unable to maintain or defend from attack
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Clandestine
Secret, done secretly
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Guerilla
A member or an irregular military force that fights a stronger regular force
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Partisan
A supporter of a party, cause, or person
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Licentiousness
Lacking moral discipline or legal restraint
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Anarchy
A state or society without government or law
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Pacify
To bring or restore to a state or peace
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Recede
To go or move away, retreat
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Unmolested
To have not been bothered or annoyed, left in peace
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Enamored
To charm or captivate
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Debilitate
To make weak or feeble
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Depreciate
To reduce the purchasing value of
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Belittle
To regard or portray as less impressive or important than the appearance indicated
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Evocative
Bringing strong images, memories, and feelings to mind
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Ferreted
To search tenaciously for and find something
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Ferment
To incite or stir up (trouble or disorder)
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Imperious
Assuming power or authority without justification
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Viable
Capable of living, growing, or developing
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Inherent
Existing as a permanent, essential, or characteristic
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Vociferous
Expressing opinions in a very loud and forceful way
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Fiscal
Of or pertaining to the public treasuries or revenue
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Sovereignty
Being able to govern one's self
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Quorum
The smallest number of people who must be present at a meeting in order for a decision to be made
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Buoyant
Capable of maintaining a satisfactory level, happy or cheerful
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Mired
To become involved with difficulties
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Insurgents
A person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, rebel
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Impasse
A situation in which no progress is possible
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Harbinger
A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another
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Recalcitrant
Having an uncooperative attitude toward authority
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Mollify
To soften in feeling or temper, pacify or appease
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Dismember
To separate into smaller parts
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Urbanity
Refinement and elegance of manner
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Arduous
Involving or requiring strenuous effort, difficult or hard to do
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Despotism
Ruling with no concern for the people you rule
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Posterity
Descendants, future generations
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Agrarian
Of or relating to the cultivation of land
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Intrusive
Causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome
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Crass
Rude, beneath one's dignity
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Dialect
The art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions
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Patronage
Tje power to male appointments to government jobs (especially for political advantage
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Bureaucracy
The body of officials and administrators in a government department
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand
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Belligerents
A nation or persons engaged in war
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Insolence
Rude and disrespectful behavior
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Faction
A group within a larger organization, company, or government
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Voracious
Very eager or avid
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Vilify
To write or speak ill of
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Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive
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Disseminate
To spread out or disperse
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Nullify
To render or declare legally void or null
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Logjam
A situation that seems irresolvable
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Perpetuate
To continue or endure forever, everlasting
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Precedent
An earlier event or action that sets an example for others
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Succession
The order of leadership
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Municipal
Of or relating to a city or town and its governing body
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Tactical
Small-scale actions serving a larger purpose
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Autonomy
Self-government
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Disparaging
To belittle or bring reproach upon
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Incite
To stir up or encourage (violent or unlawful behavior)
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Prescribed
To forbid or make something illegal
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Repugnant
Extremely distasteful
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Subterfuge
Deceit used in order to achieve ones goals
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Audacious
Showing willingness to take bold risks
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Egalitarian
Believing in the principle that all people are equal
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Maritime
Connected with the sea or other bodies of water
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Dissension
Disagreement that leads to a discord of opinions
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Imprudent
Not showing care for the consequences of an action
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Extortion
The practice of obtaining something
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Repudiate
To reject as having no authority or binding force
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Vacillate
To waver in mind or opinion, indecisive
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Repellent
Causing disgust or distate
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Embargo
An official ban on trade or other commercial activities with another country
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Reapportionment
The redistribution of representation in a legislature
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Perfunctory
Done routinely with little interest or care
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Berate
Scold or criticize angrily
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Flora & Fauna
Plants and animals of a particular region
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Odious
Highly offensive
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Sycophant
A self-seeking flatterer
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Pragmatism
Having a practical approach to problems and affairs
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Disingenuous
Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than they really do. Not truthful
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Sedition
The crime or saying or writing something that encourages people to rebel against their government
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Enfranchised
Giving the right to vote to
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Ascendance
The act of rising or moving up
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Insurrection
A violent uprising against an authority or government
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Bonanza
A source or great and sudden wealth or luck
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Eradicate
Destroy completely
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Tacitly
Implied but not expressed
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Lurid
Causing horror or revulsion
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Fledgling
Someone who is inexperienced
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Contested
To make something the subject of an argument, saying you don't agree with something
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Malefactor
Someone who commits a crime or other wrong doing
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Adroit
Having or showing skill, cleverness, of resourcefulness in certain situations
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Dire
Urgent, desperate
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Graft
Gain through questionable ways
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Waned
To decrease in power or extent, weaken
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Referendum
A public vote on a particular issues
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Extolled
To praise enthusiastically
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Sublime
Of such excellence that it inspires awe
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Routed
To defeat and cause retreat in disorder
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Conscription
The practice of obtaining people by law to serve in the armed forces
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Procuring
To obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means
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Locus
The main point or focus
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Fervid
Intensely enthusiastic or passionate
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Indissoluble
Incapable of being broken or undone
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Stymied
To hinder, block, or thwart
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Tenuous
Flimsy or weak
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Immune
Protect or except from the effects of something
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Emissary
A person who is sent on a mission to represent another person or organization
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Lame-Duck
An official whose time in an office or position will end soon
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Disaffection
Being dissatisfied
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Acquiesce
To accept reluctantly without protest
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Tenure
The amount of time that a person holds a job or office position
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Infringe
To trespass or violate
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Ostentatious
Meant to attract attention , usually by displaying one's wealth
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Bawdy
Humorously indecent talk or writing
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Charlatan
A person who pretends to know something in order to deceive people
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Affable
Friendly, easy to approach
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Contracted
To reduce or lessen the supply of
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Buffeted
To drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows
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Transients
People who stay at a work place for a short period of time
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Meted
Given out by measure, to allot
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Appropriations
Authorization of money to be used for a specific purpose
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Reciprocity
The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit
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Prototype
An original model of something in which others are formed
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Pernicious
Having a harmful effect that usually happens gradually
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Pluralistic
A state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain and develop their traditional culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization
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Destitution
Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for themselves
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Prodigious
Amazing or wonderful, impressive
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Degeneracy
Having low moral standards, not honest or good
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Espoused
To make something one's own, adopt or embrace
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Chattel
Personal possession, property other than real estate
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Lascivious
Feeling or revealing an often offensive sexual desire
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Mores
Fixed or binding customs of a particular group of people
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Wards
People or a person under the protection of the government
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Monied
Having much money or wealth
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Mandates
An official order to do something
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Quell
To thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
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Docile
Easily managed or handled
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Waxed
To increase in size, numbers, or strength
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Defunct
No longer existing or functioning
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Wily
Full of clever tricks
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Tempered
Made less violent, especially by the influence of something benign
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Philanthropy
The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed esp. especially by the donation of money to others
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Rebates
secret, privately negotiated reductions below the published rates
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Magnate
A person of great power, rank, or influence
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Wanton
A cruel or violent action that is deliberate and unprovoked
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GNP
Total money value of all goods and services produced in a year
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Acquisitive
Having a strong desire to own more things
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Pell-Mell
In a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner
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Centenary
The hundredth anniversary or a significant event
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Proliferate
To increase in amount or number quickly
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Disparaging
To describe as weak or unimportant
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Deficit
The amount by which something, usually money, is too small
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Propelled
Pushed or driven forward by a force
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Schism
A division among members of a group due to a difference of opinions
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Municipal
Of or relating to a city or town and its governing body
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Armaments/Munitions
Military weapons or equipment
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Jingoism
Extreme patriotism, often in the form of an aggressive foreign policy
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Junta
An administrative council, especially in Latin America
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Lettered
Educated or learned
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Insular
Ignorant or unaccepting of other cultures outside one's own knowledge
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Tutelage
Protection of or having authority over
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Amnesty
A decision that a group of people will not be punished for a wrong doing
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Restive
Uneasy, restless
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Nettlesome
Causing annoyance or difficulty
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Impregnable
Not able to be captured by attack, very strong
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Aberration
Something that is unusual or unexpected
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Syndicate
When a group of businesses work together for mutual benefit
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Steward
Someone who takes care or the land or property of another person
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Paucity
Smallest in number or quantity, an amount that is less than desired
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Befuddled
Confused, perplexed
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Strident
Loud and hash, unpleasant sounding
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Adulterated
To make something weak by adding a substance of poor quality (food)
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Arbitration
The hearing and determining of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a third person or persons chosen or agreed to by them
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Disparate
Different from each other
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Relativism
The doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute.
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Ardent
Having or showing strong feelings
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Peonage
The practice of holding someone to servitude to work off a debt or serve as a penal sentence
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Oligopoly
A situation in which a small amount of businesses control the market and can regulate prices, etc.
