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Law and Gov't Exam
American Government and Law Exam Words-8th grade
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| gesticulate | to talk with hands |
| lobbyist | someone who is paid by an interest group to advance their interests in legislature |
| state action | what the government does |
| cleric | priest, rabbi, imam, mullah, man of God |
| lay | non-clerical |
| retrograde | backwards, behind the times |
| strike down | invalidate |
| pestiferous | annoying |
| cede | to give away, to yield |
| titular | having to do with a title |
| rapacious | selfish, grasping |
| revolution | changes the basic law in some fundamental way |
| warrant | permission slip from a judge |
| probable cause | evidence is needed to investigate |
| circumvent | to go around |
| circumnavigate | to sail around (the earth) |
| pithy | concise and meaningful |
| pith | the inside of a tree |
| emancipation | freeing the slaves |
| convention | a meeting called for a specific purpose |
| concurrent | at the same time |
| idee fixe | an obsession |
| ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation |
| tariff | tax on imports coming into a country (tax on the person bringing in the imports) |
| common market | when countries agree to abandon tariff barriers |
| framers | drafters of the constitution |
| ratify | to formally approve |
| the constitution | the constitution of the US, drafted 1787, ratified 1789 |
| a constitution | a written document that tells you how to form and run a gov't and defines the relationship btw. the gov't and the citizens |
| basic law | a law that tells you how to make any other law |
| plurality | the greatest number where there is no majority |
| fickle | changeable |
| exacerbate | worsen |
| ostracism | expulsion of an individual |
| quorum | the minimum number of people you need to have a valid vote |
| proxy | stand in |
| attenuated | lessened, weakened |
| subservient | lower in rank and fawning, eager to please |
| subordinate | lower in rank |
| servile | like a slave |
| propensity | tendancy, inclination |
| interest groups | minorities determined to get something accomplished often in a situation where the majority doesn't care |
| penultimate | next to last |
| vulgar | common |
| parlance | spoken language |
| gubernatorial | relating to the governor |
| paradox | apparent contradiction |
| euthanasia | a quiet, painless death |
| embargo | when you stop selling something to your customers |
| plebiscite | a vote among all citizens for a law |
| cognizable | can be taken |
| feasible | possible |
| manumit | to free a slave |
| egalitarian | favoring equality |
| emancipation | freeing the slaves |
| euphemism | a substitute of a vague term for one considered offensive |
| moribund | dying |
| proponent | advocate, one favoring something |
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