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Roland History 3.1
State and local government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| astronomical | enormous, very great |
| comptroller | person employed to look after expenditures and account |
| concurrent | happening at the same time |
| constituent | the voters in a district |
| executive | person who carries out or manages affairs |
| exercise | to make active use of |
| exofficio | because of one's office |
| extradition | surrender of a fugitive or prisoner by one state, nation, or authority to another |
| felony | crime more serious than a misdemeanor |
| government | the ruling of a country, state, or district |
| judicial | having to do with courts or the administration of justice |
| legislative | having to do with making laws |
| magistrate | a government official who has power to apply the law and put it in force |
| misdemeanor | a breaking of the law such as disturbing the peace or breaking a traffic law |