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100 Cards in this Set
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Exemplary
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adj- serving as a model, deserving imitation or commendable, or serving as an example
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Gentility
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n- refinement, politeness, or respectability or members of the upper class
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Punctilious
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adj- careful, meticulous, or very exact
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Veracity
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n- habitual honesty or truthfullness, or accuracy, or precision
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Idiosyncrasy
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n- a personal peculiarity or eccentricity
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Drivel
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n- silly or foolish talk
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Satiate
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[v.] to satisfy with more than enough so as to weary or disgust.
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Lilt
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[v.] to sing, play, or speak with a light and graceful swing or rhythm.
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Glib
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adj- too ready, fluent, or smooth to be sincere or carefully considered
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Supplant
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[v.] to take place of or to remove in order to replace with something else.
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Pompous
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adj- showy, pretentious or overdignified, or acting self-important
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Epoch
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[n.] a period of time or the starting point of an important period of time.
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Lethargy
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n- laziness, lack of energy sluggishness or indifference
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Extempore
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[adj.] offhand, impromptu, without preparation, or on the spur of the moment.
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Consummate
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adj- perfect, supreme, extreme, or in the highest degree
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Regress
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[v.] to grow worse, decline or move backward.
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Finite
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adj- having measurable or definable limits or bounds
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Euphony
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[n.] sweetness of sounds or combinations of sounds, especially in speech.
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Prefatory
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[adj.] introductory or preliminary.
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Integral
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adj- essential to completeness, organically linked or formed as a unit; or complete or lacking nothing essential
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Curate
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[n.] a clergyman who assists a vicar or rector.
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Sundry
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adj- various, several, misc.
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Immolation
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[n.] a sacrificing or being sacrificed, or something sacrificed.
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Teem
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v- to abound, swarm or be overflowing
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Genesis
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n- the origin, creation, or beginning of something
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Abnegation
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[n.] a renunciation or surrender of a right, belief, idea or pleasure.
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Belated
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[adj.] delayed or too late.
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Recant
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[v.] to withdraw or renounce publicly a statement or belief one has formerly held.
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Obviate
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[v.] to make unnecessary or to prevent by effective measures.
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Depict
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[v.] to represent, portray, or describe.
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Cessation
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[n.] a stopping, pausing or discontinuance.
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Ramification
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[n.] an outgrowth, subdivision, consquence or branching out.
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Dissertation
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[n.] a treatise or a formal and lengthy discussion in writing.
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Cauterize
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[v.] to burn with a hot iron or with a chemical.
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Olfactory
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[adj.] relating to the sense of smell.
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Despot
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[n.] a tyrant or oppressor. or a ruler with absolute power.
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Apocalypse
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[n.] a writing that claims to reveal the future; or any revelation.
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Sedition
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[n.] speech or action that causes discontent or rebellion against a government.
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Succor
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[v.] to aide, help, or relieve.
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Barrister
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[n.] in England, a lawyer who presents and pleads cases in court.
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Convivial
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[Adj.] festive, Jovial or sociable.
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Tithe
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[n.] one tenth of one's income to support a church or clergy; or any small tax.
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Sanguine
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[Adj.] optimistic, confident, or cheerful.
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Sepulcher
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[n.] a grave or tomb.
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Rectitude
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[n.] strict honesty or moral uprightness.
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Definitive
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[adj.] decisive, final or conclusive; or most nearly complete, accurate, and reliable.
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Construe
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[v.] to interpret, explain or try to find the meaning of.
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Epitome
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[n.] A condensed representation of something, or anything regarded as a symbol or image of a quality or type.
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Ascertain
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[v.] to discover with certainty through examination or experimentation.
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Hypochondriac
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[n.] a person who worries excessively about his health and imagines that he has various diseases.
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Subsist
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[v.] to continue to exist, or to remain alive, or to have the necessities of life.
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Astringent
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[adj.] having the ability to shrink or contract body tissue and blood vessels.
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Reactionary
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[n.] extreme conservative, or one who fears a movement back to a former or less advanced stage, especially in politics, economics, etc.
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Remittance
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[n.] the sending of money to another person or place, or the sum of money so sent.
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Alacrity
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[n.] quick, willingness, briskness or eagerness.
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Sagacity
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[n.] shrewdness or keenness of judgement, or discernment.
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Philanthropy
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[n.] the effort or inclination to increase human well-being, as by charitable aid.
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Rancor
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[n.] deep resentment, ill will, hate or spite.
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Rankle
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[v.] to trouble the mind with lingering distress,; pain or resentment (i'm talkin' downtown!).
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Acrimony
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[n.] biting sharpness or bitterness of speech or manner.
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Antipathy
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[n.] a strong dislike or an aversion.
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Tirade
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[n.] a long, angry speech with violent language.
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Disparage
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[v.] to speak slightingly of or disrespectfully of, belittle.
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Flout
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[v.] to mock or scorn, or to disregard contemptuously.
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Sully
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[v.] to defile, soil, tarnish; or dirty.
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Revile
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[v.] to speak abusively or contemptuously of.
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Scathing
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[adj.] bitterly and fiercely severe.
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Predilection
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[n.] a preference or favorable predisposition.
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Corroborate
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[v.] to confirm, support or make more certain.
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Emulate
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[v.] to attempt to equal or excel.
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Extol
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[v.] to praise highly.
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Auspices
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[n.] patronage, sponsorship or protection.
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Autocracy/Dictatorship/Authoritarian/tyranny/unitary
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gov't in which powe to rule is in hands of one person who is supported by the army or secret police.
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Unitary
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gov't that gives all power to national gov't
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Confederacy
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loose union of independent states (all power in state gov'ts)
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Democracy
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gov't in which the people rule
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Federalism
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power is divided between national and state gov'ts
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Anarchy
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political disorder/chaos
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Direct Democracy
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people govern themselves; each individual votes on issues
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Representative Democracy
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people elect delegates to make gov't decisions
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Bill of Rights
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first 10 amendments to the Constitution
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checks and balances
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a system where each branch of gov't exercises some control over the other two
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Separation of powers
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the division of power among the three branches of gov't
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judicial review
(Established under the case of ___) |
the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of state, federal and local gov'ts unconstitutional (Established under the case of Marbury vs. Madison)
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limited gov't
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power of gov't is not absolute and the people have the right to petition the gov't for a redress of grievances (get problems fixed)
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majority rule with minority rights
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people with the most support determine the laws as long as they don't take away the rights of a smaller group.
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commander-in-chief
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the president's role as head of the military
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bicameral congress
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a legislative body with two chambers/parts
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revenue bill
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a law proposed to raise money that can only begin in the House of Representatives
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electoral college
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the official group of people who vote for president
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pocket-veto
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when a predient kills a bill simply by refusing to act on it in the last 10 days that Congress is in session.
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interest group
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a group of people with common gouals who organize to influence gov't
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political party
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group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct gov't, and determine public policy
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impeach
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to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
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lobbying
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direct contact made by an interest group in order to persuade gov't officials to support the policies their interest group favors
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veto
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rejection of a bill
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expressed powers
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powers directly stated in the Constitution
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implied powers
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powers that the gov't requires to carry out its expressed powers (not directly stated in Constitution)
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national convention
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meeting of party leaders where candidates for president and vice-president are nominated
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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