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24 Cards in this Set
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Mooring |
an established practice or stabilizing influence - an act of making fast a boat or aircraft with lines or anchors |
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Polity |
: a specific form of political organization |
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Solicitous |
manifesting or expressing - full of concern or fear |
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Seigniorage |
a government revenue from the manufacture of coins calculated as the difference between the face value and the metal value of the coins |
Coins! |
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Duress |
forcible restraint or restriction |
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Cessation |
a temporary or final ceasing (as of action |
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Gaod |
something that urges or stimulates into action |
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Ameliorate |
to make better or more tolerable |
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Plebiscite |
A vote by which the ppl of an entire country or district express an opinion for against a proposal especially on choice of government or ruler |
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Balked |
to refuse abruptly |
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Improvident |
not foreseeing and providing for the future |
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Bulwark |
a solid wall-like structure raised for defense |
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Vehement |
marked by forceful energy |
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Sanctimony |
affected or hypocritical holiness |
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Proclivity |
an inclination or predisposition toward somethingespecially : a strong inherent inclination toward something objectionable |
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Inimical |
reflecting or indicating hostility : UNFRIENDLY |
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Askance |
with disapproval or distrust : SCORNFULLY |
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Sagacious |
of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : DISCERNING |
sagacious judge of character |
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Ouster |
: a judgment removing an officer or depriving a corporation of a franchise |
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Condonation |
implied pardon of an offense by treating the offender as if it had not been committed |
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Promulgate |
Publish - proclaim |
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Bastions |
a fortified area or position |
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Quibble |
to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
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Imbue |
to tinge or dye deeply |
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