Vocabulary 10-1 Notes and Worksheet

Vocabulary 11-2 Notes and Worksheet

impel: verb – to drive forward; force

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prudence – noun – cautiousness, carefulness

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despotism – noun – government by ruler with unlimited power

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usurpations – verb – to use something without the right to do so

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tyranny – noun – oppression, domination, cruelty

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candid – adjective – honest, sincere, straight

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relinquish– verb – surrender, abandon, resign, give up, quit

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annihilate – verb – to destroy completely, to obliterate

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appropriation – verb – the act of acquiring something for one specific purpose only

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abdicate – verb – renounce, relinquish, give up responsibility

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mercenary –noun – professional soldier hired to fight in a foreign army

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perfidy –noun – treachery, dishonesty

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redress –noun – correction of a wrong

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magnanimity –noun – greatness of spirit, nobility, fairness

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Writing: On another sheet of paper, write a well-developed paragraph using a minimum of five vocabulary words. Underline the vocabulary words.