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Declaration Vocab
Vocabulary from the Declaration of Independence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| impel | (v.) to force or drive |
| unalienable | (adj.) unable to be taken away |
| transient | (adj.) temporary, passing, ephemeral, of short duration |
| usurp; usurpations | (v., n.) to seize power illegitimately, an illegitimate or unlawful seizure of power |
| evince | (v.) to show or manifest |
| despot; despotism | (n.) one who rules autocratically, without constraint of law; a regime that rules without restraint of law |
| sufferance | (n.) patient endurance |
| constrain | (v.) to force or compel by imposed limitation, or to restrict or keep within close bounds |
| tyrant; tyranny | (n.) an absolute ruler who governs without restriction or law; a government ruled by a tyrant |
| candid | (adj.) open, honest, frank |
| assent | (v.) to agree to; (n.) agreement, concurrence |
| relinquish | (v.) to give up, to withdraw or retreat from |
| formidable | (adj.) strong in such a way that it arouses fear, dread or apprehension |
| depository | (n.) a place where items (e.g., public records) are kept for safekeeping |
| comply; compliance | (v.) to obey or conform to a rule or order; (n.) the act or process of conforming to a rule or order |
| standing army | (n.) army composed of full-time career soldiers who do not disband during times of peace (as contrasted with militia) |
| arbitrary | (adj.) determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle; based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice |
| abdicate; abdication | (v.) to give up power or responsibility; (n.) the act of giving up power or responsibility |
| perfidy | (n.) a breach of faith, the act or state of being treasonous, faithless or disloyal |
| redress | (v.) to set right, remedy or rectify |
| unwarrantable | (adj.) unjustified, unsupported, unexcused |
| jurisdiction | (n.) the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| emigration (contrast with Immigration) | (n.) the act of leaving one’s country or region to settle in another (immigration is the act of arriving in a country for the purposes of settlement there). You "emigrate from" your home country and "immigrate to" a new country. |
| magnanimity | (n.) big-hearted, generous. Derived from Latin for “great (magna) spirit or soul (anima).” |
| avow; disavow | (v.) to claim or assert; to disavow is to reject or renounce |
| consanguinity | (n.) the state of being related by blood or kinship |
| acquiesce | (v.) to submit passively or without protest, but also without wholehearted approval |
| rectitude | (n.) moral uprightness; righteousness; the quality or condition of being correct in judgment |
| absolve, absolution | (v.) to relieve of an obligation or requirement, or to free from guilt or sin; (n.) the act of absolving |
| domestic | having to do with the home or home life, by extension, referring to matters within the state, as opposed to foreign or international matters |
| inestimable | of great value, beyond price |
| insurrection | rebellion |
| kindred | (n) family relations, (adj.) similar or related |
| mercenaries | soldiers for hire; in the Revolution George III (also a German prince) hired German soldiers from Hesse, so they were called Hessians |
| naturalization | the process for becoming a citizen for one who is not a native |
| tenure | the holding of an office, job or position |
| state | in politics and diplomacy, a state originally referred to a sovereign, independent political entity, but has come also to refer to an organized political community forming part of a federal government |
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