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Advancing Vocab 10
Term | Definition |
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autonomy | independence; self-government |
bureaucratic | insisting on strict rules or routine, often to the point of being ineffective |
mandate | a group's expressed wishes; clear signal to act; vote of confidence |
ostracize | to expel or exclude from a group; shun |
raucous | noisy or disorderly; boisterous |
recourse | a source of help, security, or strength; something to turn to; option |
reiterate | to state again or repeatedly |
tantamount | equal in effect or value; the same as |
tenacious | holding firmly; persistent; stubborn |
utopia | an ideal or perfect place or state; a place achieving social or political perfection |