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| relating to, undertaken by, or including two political parties |
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| to end an agreement or contract formally and publicly |
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| forgiveness for somebody's sins, especially when formally given in a Christian church |
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| actions intended to arouse public feeling, interest, or support for or against something |
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| promoting the interests of farmers, especially by seeking a more equitable basis of land ownership |
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a general pardon, especially for those who have committed political crimes
a period during which crimes can be admitted or illegal weapons handed in without prosecution |
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something from a different period of time, e.g. a modern idea or invention wrongly placed in a historical setting in fiction or drama
the representation of somebody or something out of chronological order or in the wrong historical setting |
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| the absence of any formal system of government in a society |
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| neither male nor female in appearance but having both conventional masculine and feminine traits and giving an impression of ambiguous sexual identity |
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| complete or exact opposite of something |
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| the process of resolving disputes between people or groups by referring them to a third party, either agreed on by them or provided by law, who makes a judgment |
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| to make something better, or become better |
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| a sum of money that has been set aside from a budget, especially a government budget, for a specific purpose |
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| people of noble families or the highest social class |
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| the process of becoming part of or more like something greater |
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| the theory that all matter in the universe is made up of small, individual, finite, and indivisible particles |
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| a government in which somebody holds unlimited power |
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| politics political independence and self-government |
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| hostile, ready to start a fight, or ready to go to war |
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| having two separate and distinct lawmaking assemblies, e.g. the Senate and the House of Representatives in the United States |
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| involving or carried out by two groups, especially the political representatives of two countries |
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| decided or acted on by only one involved party or nation irrespective of what the others do |
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| involving more than two parties or countries |
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| an organized action to prevent people or goods entering or leaving a place |
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| a structure such as a wall or fortification built to keep out attackers |
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| an administrative system, especially in a government, that divides work into specific categories carried out by special departments of nonelected officials |
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| an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, characterized by a free competitive market and motivation by profit |
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| a gift or power believed to be divinely bestowed |
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| a temporary union between two or more groups, especially political parties |
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| to regard something that is considered immoral or wrong in a tolerant way, without criticizing it or feeling strongly about it |
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| the obligatory enrollment of citizens in the armed forces |
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| exert a counteracting power or influence against something, especially against a harmful force, idea, or influence |
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| the sudden violent overthrow of a government and seizure of political power, especially by the military |
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| to disparage or criticize somebody or something, or make something seem unimportant |
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| cruel and arbitrary use of power |
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| unfair treatment of one person or group, usually because of prejudice about race, ethnicity, age, religion, or gender |
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| somebody who disagrees with the beliefs or opinions of a majority |
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| maintaining, relating to, or based on a belief that all people are, in principle, equal and should enjoy equal social, political, and economic rights and opportunities |
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| any official restraint or prohibition |
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| the fundamental and distinctive character of a group, social context, or period of time, typically expressed in attitudes, habits, and beliefs |
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| relating to or involving exemption from the legal jurisdiction of a country of residence |
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| the legal and social system that existed in medieval Europe, in which vassals held land from lords in exchange for military service |
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| systemtic killing of a certain people |
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| control or dominating influence by one person or group, especially by one political group over society or one nation over others |
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| the writing of history based on scholarly disciplines such as the analysis and evaluation of source materials |
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| the quality of being of the same or a similar nature |
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| a newcomer to a country who has settled there |
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| to fix something firmly in somebody's mind through frequent, forceful repetition |
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| a court order that requires somebody involved in a legal action to do something or refrain from doing something |
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| a large organization that is influential in the community, e.g. a college, hospital, or ban |
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| concerned only with local matters and not interested in new ideas or different cultures |
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| relating to or involving conflict within a group or organization |
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| humor based on using words to suggest the opposite of their literal meaning |
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| extreme patriotism expressing itself especially in hostility toward other countries |
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| the principle that the economy works best if private industry is not regulated and markets are free |
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| present or existing, but in an underdeveloped or unexpressed form |
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| an official command or instruction from an authority |
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| a list giving details of a ship's cargo, its destination, and other particulars for customs purposes |
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| a visible form in which a divine being, idea, or person is believed to be revealed or expressed |
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| to free somebody from slavery |
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| the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in which class struggle is a central element in the analysis of social change in Western societies |
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| a political system in which a state is ruled by a monarch |
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| a formally agreed period during which an activity is halted or a planned activity is postponed |
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| to make something legally invalid or ineffective |
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| a statement, proposition, or situation that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true |
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| the encouragement, financial support, or influence of a patron |
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| showing keen understanding, observation, or discernment |
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| a vote by a whole electorate to decide a question of importance. |
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| an action or decision that can be used subsequently as an example for a similar decision or to justify a similar action |
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| deceptive or distorted information that is systematically spread |
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| a tendency to demonstrate particular behavior |
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| a country or region that is defended and controlled by a more powerful state, or the relationship between the two |
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| the act of providing or supplying something |
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| to give formal approval to something, usually an agreement negotiated by somebody else, in order that it can become valid or operative |
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| to move somebody or something to a less important position, category, or status |
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| transitive verb to give up formally a claim, title, position, or right |
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| a political system or form of government in which people elect representatives to exercise power for them |
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| belonging to or supporting the Republican Party in the United States |
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| to disapprove of something formally and strongly and renounce any connection with it |
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| money that comes into a business from the sale of goods or services |
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| the use of wit, especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule, to criticize faults |
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| a political theory or system in which the means of production and distribution are controlled by the people and operated according to equity and fairness rather than market principles |
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| an attack made by a small military force into enemy territory |
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| money given from government |
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| a vote or the act of voting |
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| understood or implied without being stated openly |
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| goverenment with god's rule |
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