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Week 15 Vocabulary
Term Review for Personal Use
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arbitrary | (adj.) determined by impulse, not by reason or law |
| circumstance | (n.) a condition or fact associated with an event (and having some bearing upon it) |
| comprehend | (v.) to understand or know |
| concede | (v.) to acknowledge as true; often unwillingly |
| conform | (v.) to be similar; to correspond in form or character |
| consent | (n.) to agree |
| constitute | (v.) to be the elements or parts of |
| despotism | (n.) a government, political system, etc. in which the ruler exercises absolute power |
| diffuse | (v.) to spread about or scatter; to make less brilliant and/or intense |
| obligate | (v.) to bind or constrain by a legal or moral tie |
| posterity | (n.) future generations; all of a person's descendants |
| precede | (v.) to come before in time; to come before in order of rank |
| proclaim | (v.) to announce officially and publicly; to declare |
| prone | (adj.) lying with the front or face downward |
| suave | (adj.) smoothly, gracious in social manner |
| subsequent | (adj.) following in time or order; coming after something else |
| susceptible | (adj.) easily influenced or affected |
| tyrant | (n.) an absolute ruler who governs arbitrarily without constitutional or other restrictions |
| unalterable | (adj.) impossible to alter or change |
| uniform | (adj.) always the same; identical |
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