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Vocabulary 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| administration | officials in the executive branch of government under, chief executive. |
| ambassador | accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| budget | a plan for raising and spending money |
| bureaucracy | an organization of government departments, agencies, and offices |
| Cabinet | an important group of policy advisers to the president, made up of the executive department heads and a few other officials |
| checks and balances | the system that gives each of the three branches of government ways to limit the powers of the other two |
| commission | a group of people, or planning board, appointed to a certain job by local government |
| commute | to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one |
| diplomacy | art of interacting with foreign governments |
| Electoral College | a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. |
| electors | members of the Electoral College who elect the president |
| embassy | residence and office of an ambassador |
| executive agencies | independent agencies responsible for dealing with specialized areas of government |
| executive departments | departments that play a direct role in governing the country by using the power given by the President to make and enforce regulations |
| federalism | a system in which the power to govern is shared by the national government and state governments |
| government | the power or authority that rules a country |
| impeach | to accuse a governmental official of wrongdoing |
| order of succession | the order in which the office of president is to be filled |
| pardon | a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment |
| regulatory commission | independent agency that protects the public by controlling certain types of businesses and industries |
| reprieve | postpones the carrying out of a persons’ sentence |
| State of the Union | a yearly address delivered each January by the president of the US to Congress, giving the administration's view of the state of the nation and plans for legislation. |
| separation of powers | the separation of the three branches of government to prevent abuse of power |
| veto | a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body. |
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