Vocabulary Bingo: Politics

Question 1

Affiliation

Answer 1

to have an association or connection

part of their group

Question 2

Articulate

Answer 2

to speak distinctly and with clarity

speak clearly

Question 3

Boondoggle

Answer 3

to decieve or atempt to decieve

Question 4

Bureaucracy

Answer 4

the body of officials and administers in a government

Question 5

Charismatic

Answer 5

unusual ability for leadership; worthiness of veneration; infuential

ability to draw people to them

Question 6

Dogma

Answer 6

an official system of principles concerning beliefs

Beliefs

Question 7

Euphoria

Answer 7

a state of intense happiness and self-confidence

Question 8

Gambit

Answer 8

any maneuver used to seek an advantage

(Gamble to get ahead)

Question 9

Inalienable

Answer 9

not transferable to another or capable of being revoked

can’t be taken away

(Inalienable rights)

Question 10

Infallible

Answer 10

absolutely trustworthy; unfailing

Question 11

Mudslinging

Answer 11

an attempt to discredit an opponent by malice or scandal

talking trash

Question 12

Nonpartisan

Answer 12

objective; has no special interest in any group

not for or against/neutral

Question 13

Obsequious

Answer 13

servile; compliant; obediant; dutiful

rulefollower

Question 14

Opine

Answer 14

to hold or express an opinion

give opinion

Question 15

Quorum

Answer 15

the number of members of a group needed to legally transact

Question 16

Recrimination

Answer 16

a countercharge

Question 17

Unanimous

Answer 17

of one mind; in complete agreement

Unanimous vote

Question 18

Unprecedent

Answer 18

without preveous instance; never before known or experienced

never happened before

Question 19

Vie

Answer 19

to contend for superiority in competition or rivalry

competing for office position

Vie – Vice President

Question 20

Xenophobic

Answer 20

unreasonably fearful of or hating anyone or anything foreign