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bankruptcy
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a legal judgment that a person or organization cannot pay its debts and that its property must be managed so as to pay off creditors
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currency
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paper money
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inflationary
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tending to increase prices and decrease the purchasing power of money
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penitentiary
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a prison for those convicted of serious crimes
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disfranchise
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to take the right to vote away from a person or group
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majority
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one more than half of the total votes cast
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affront
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offend by an open display of disrespect; insulted
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cajoling
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persuading by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing
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circumvent
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to go around or bypass
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clamor
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a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people
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deluged
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covered with liquid; flooded
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elongation
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a lengthening or extending
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enigmatically
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perplexingly; mysteriously
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extricated
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freed or released from entanglement; disengaged
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insolent
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haughtily contemptuous, extremely disrespectful
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oblivious
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unmindful or unaware
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obscure
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not readily seen, heard, notice, or understood
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palpitate
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quiver; tremble; pulsate
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pensively
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in a dreamily or wistfully thoughtful way
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rend
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separate into parts with force or violence; tear apart
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