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History 10/25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| impel | urge to do something |
| convulsion | sudden, violent, irregular movement of body |
| redress | remedy |
| denounce | publicly declare |
| magnanimity | generosity |
| endeavor | try hard to do |
| evince | reveal the presense of a quality or feeling |
| usurpation | trespass |
| despotism | absolute power |
| kindred | similar in kind |
| transient | staying for a short time |
| consanguinity | related by blood |
| constrain | severly restrict |
| tyranny | cruel rule |
| acquiesce | accept something reluctantly but without protest |
| arbitrary | based on personal whim |
| annihilate | destroy |
| hither | situated on this side |
| sufferance | absense of objection rather than genuine approval |
| derive | obtain something from |
| institue | set in motion or establish |
| insurrection | a violent upristing |
| assent | approval |
| inestimable | too great to calculate |
| rectitude | morally correct |
| endowed | give or bequeath |
| depository | where something is deposited for safekeeping |
| dissolution | the resulting state |
| transient | lasting for a short time |
| prudence | caution with regard to practical matters |
| formidable | inspiring few or respect through being powerful |