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affiliate
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a branch of a larger organization
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integration
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the process of bringing different groups (races) into society as equals
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boycott
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to refuse to buy goods from
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incentive
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something that encourages a person to take some action
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interstate commerce
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business or trade between states
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republic
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a form of government in which a representative assemble is selected by the people
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democracy
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a form of government in which the people directly participate in the affairs of government
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commerce
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the buying and selling foods; trade
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bicameral
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divided into two houses, as a state legislature
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apportionment
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the process of ensuring that legislative districts contain approximately equal populations
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appeal
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to take a legal case to a higher court for rehearing
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ancillary
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secondary; supplemental; subordinate
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consternation
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a sudden, alarming amazement that results inutter confusion; dismay
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miasma
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vapors harmful to health from rotting organic matter; poisonous vapors
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mirthlessly
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joylessly; unhappily
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vulnerable
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open to being hurt physically or emotionally
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precariously
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dangerously; unsteadily or insecurely
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flotsam
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refuse or wreckage of ships found floating on the water
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lurid
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shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; garishly red; wildly dramatic or sensational
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myriad
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of an indefinitely great number; innumberable
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