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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE VOCABULARY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| TRANSIENT | brief, short duration, temporary, passing |
| CANDID | open, honest |
| TYRANNY | dictatorship, an absolute ruler who governs without restriction of law, a government ruled by a tyrant |
| EVINCE | to show or manifest |
| ABOLISH | formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution): the tax was abolished in 1977. |
| PRUDENCE | wisdom, cautiousness: we need to exercise prudence in such important matters. |
| DERIVING | gaining, obtain something from (a specified source): they derived great comfort from this assurance. |
| ENDOWED | supply, give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution): he endowed the church with lands. |
| SELF-EVIDENT | obvious, not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious: self-evident truths | [with clause] : it is self-evident that you cannot work 14 hours a day and have time left over for a child. |
| IMPEL | to force or drive |
| UNALIENABLE | unargurable, another term for inalienable. unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor: freedom of religion, the most inalienable of all human rights. |
| USURPATION | mistreat, to seize power illegitimately, an illegitmate or unlawful seizure of powere |