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academic vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| convention | a large meeting of people who come to a place for usually several days to talk about their shared work or other interests or to make decisions as a group |
| resolve | to find an answer or solution to |
| feuding | a mutual enmity |
| accomplishment | something done, achieved, or accomplished successfully |
| resolved | to find an answer or solution to |
| interstate commerce | commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another |
| exclusive | not shared : available to only one person or group |
| coining money | money that is a coin |
| framer | to produce (something written or spoken) : to express |
| term | the length of time during which a person has an official or political office |
| limitations | something (such as a lack of ability or strength) that controls what a person is able to do |
| seized | to use legal or official power to take |
| ordinance | a law or regulation made by a city or town government |
| conform | to obey or agree with something |
| proclamation | something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement |
| territory | any tract of land; region or district |
| levy | an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force |
| assent | to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed by to ) |
| resolution | a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution. |
| structure | mode of building, construction, or organization |
| legalize | to make legal; authorize |
| render | to cause to be or become; make |
| excise | an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country. |
| tariff | an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports. |
| functions | the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role. |
| sovereignty | supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community. |
| republicanism | ( initial capital letter ) the principles or policy of the Republican party. |
| jurisdiction | the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies. |
| inherent | existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute |
| optimism | the belief that goodness pervades reality |
| tyranny | arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. Synonyms: despotism, absolutism, dictatorship. |
| consolidate | to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine |
| enumeration | an act of enumerating. |
| seizure | a taking possession of an item, property, or person legally or by force |
| prohibition | a law or decree that forbids |
| stipulation | a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract |
| censor | any person who supervises the manners or morality of others |
| provision | arrangement or preparation beforehand, as for the doing of something, the meeting of needs, the supplying of means, etc |
| rebellion | open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler |
| unanimous | of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed |
| indispensable | incapable of being disregarded or neglected |
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