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THE IDEA OF STATE
VOCABULARY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| reference | basic source |
| fetter (v.) | restrain |
| fetter (n.) | chain |
| constraint | limitation |
| (be) vested in | conferred on |
| absolute ruler | autocrat |
| crumble | disintegrate |
| antecedent | forerunner |
| advent | arrival |
| surplus | excess |
| underpin | buttress |
| underpinning | butress |
| hierarchy | gradation of power |
| polity | organized society |
| remote | faraway |
| hegemony | supremacy |
| emerge | grow out |
| patchwork | combination |
| handiwork | manual labour |
| means of production | equipment for manufacturing commodities |
| pinpoint (v.) | highlight |
| landscape | everything we see when we look across an area of land |