Vocab

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autocrat

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an absolute ruler, not subject to restrictions, typically by birthright

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automaton

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self-operating machine or mechanism, especially a robot

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belligerent

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warlike; given to waging war

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antibellum

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before or existing before the war; especially the american civil war

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rebellion

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open, organized resistance to one's government or authority

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benefactor

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one that gives aid, especially financial

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benign

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of a kind and gentle disposition; also harmless

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benevolent

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characterized by or expressing good will or kindly feelings

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biography

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an accounts of one's life written, composed or told by another

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amphibious

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able to live on both land and wawter

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symbiotic

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living together of two separate organisms in a mutually beneficial realtionship

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bursar

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treasurer or financial officer, someone officially in charge of funds

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disburse

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to pay out money, usually for expenditures; expend

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reimburse

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to make repayment to for loss incurred

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deciduous

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sheds leaves annually

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cadence

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rhythmic flow of a sequence or sounds of words

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cascade

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waterfall over a series of rocks' also refers to a fall or arrangement of material

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incidents

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individual occurrence or event

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precipitous

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extremely or impassibly steep

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decapitate

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to behead or cut off the head of

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capitulate

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to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms

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captain

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person who is at the head of or in authority over others

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carnal

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pertaining to or characterized by the body, its passions or appetites

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incarnate

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embodied in flesh; given a bodily form

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carnival

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fiar or celebration; based on the period of merrymaking just before lent

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carnivorous

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flesh-eating or predatory; related to carnivores

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anticipate

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to realize beforehand, foretaste or foresee

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incipient

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beginning to appear or in an intial stage

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accede

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to agree or give consent

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intercede

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to act or impose on something having difficulty or in trouble

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cessation

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to bring or coming to an end

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incessant

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continuing without interruption, unrelenting

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concede

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to yield or formally surrender to another

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chromatic

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pertaining to color or colors

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chrome

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a pigment containing chromium; the dying of a material for a different appearance

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anachronism

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something that is incompatible with its time period, or belongs to an earlier time

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chronicle

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an extended account of historical events

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chronic

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of long duration; contiuing

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chronology

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sequential order of past events

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regicide

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the killing of a king

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patricide

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the murder of one's father

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homicidal

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prone to committing murder

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circumvent

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to go around or bypass

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circumspect

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watchful and cautious discreet

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circumlocution

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the use of unnecessary words to communicate an idea; an indirect way of speaking