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List 5
Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdicate | resign; formally give up power or responsibility |
| allegiance | loyalty to a nation or cause; deep commitment |
| amend | improve; change |
| anarchy | total absence of government and law; confusion and disorder |
| annex | add to; attach |
| decree | an official order or decision from someone in authority |
| defect | desert a cause, organization, or country in order to join another |
| immigrant | one who comes to a country to live there permanently |
| legacy | heritage; tradition |
| nomad | one who wanders from place to place and has no fixed home |
| ratify | confirm; approve |
| realm | a kingdom; region |
| resolution | a formal proposition or proposal; answer |
| tyranny | very cruel and unjust use of power or authority; absolute rule |
| agenda | a list of things to be considered or done |
| apprentice | one who learns a trade by working with a skilled person; beginner |
| bias | prejudice; bigotry; fixed idea |
| boycott | refusing to deal with; exclude |
| consolidate | unify; incorporate; merge |
| diversity | difference; variety |
| embargo | order forbidding the trade in commercial goods; restriction |
| entrepreneur | one who begins a business |
| expenditure | spent money, time, or energy |
| incentive | something that makes a person want to try or work harder; inducement |
| revenue | income received from taxes; salary; profit |