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AdvEng Voab Unit 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a person or country starting a hostile action | aggressor |
| records or documents of an event | annals |
| to verify as true or genuine | authenticate |
| slavery; serfdom | bondage |
| leniency; mercy | clemency |
| settling; founding | colonization |
| dependent on something else | contingent |
| mental or moral decay | decadence |
| tyranny; absolute power | despotism |
| a ruler having complete authority, power, and control | dictator |
| to lower the importance or value of | downgrade |
| family history | genealogy |
| to set free | liberate |
| one who sets free | liberator |
| government by a single, hereditary ruler | monarchy |
| not taking sides in a dispute | neutral |
| wandering; roving | nomadic |
| to destroy, leaving no trace | obliterate |
| to conquer; to dominate | subjugate |
| never happening or seen before | unprecedented |