History and Geography

Question 1

accord

Answer 1

formal concurrence, agreement, or harmony of minds

Question 2

edify

Answer 2

to instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually

Question 3

triumvirate

Answer 3

a group or association of three leaders

Question 4

pretext

Answer 4

an excuse, an alleged cause

Question 5

watershed

Answer 5

critical point that marks a change of couse, a turning ponit

Question 6

autocracy

Answer 6

government where all power is concentrated in the hands of one person

Question 7

despot

Answer 7

a ruler with absolute power, typically cruel or oppressive

Question 8

manifesto

Answer 8

public declaration of beliefs, policies, or intentions

Question 9

enfranchise

Answer 9

to endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote

Question 10

disenfranchise

Answer 10

to deprive of some privilege or right, especially the right to vote

Question 11

egalitarian

Answer 11

society where everyone is equal

Question 12

demarcation

Answer 12

the setting or marking of boundaries or limits (line of demarcation)

Question 13

ameliorate

Answer 13

to make something that is bad or unsatisfactory better

Question 14

exacerbate

Answer 14

to make a problem or situation worse

Question 15

dessicated

Answer 15

thoroughly dried out, lifeless, totally arid

Question 16

contiguous

Answer 16

sharing an edge or boundary, touching