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2825007914abdicateto give up high office formally or officially, especially the throne0
2825009265abhorrentarousing strong feelings of repugnance or disapproval1
2825011461accumulateto collect or obtain a large amount of something over a period of time2
2825013049adeptHighly proficient or expert at something3
2825024754agrariandominated by or relating to farming or rural life4
2825027784alleviateto make something such as pain or hardship more bearable or less severe5
2825030737ameliorateto make something better or become better6
2825033135Amerindiansame as native american7
2825034403analogousdescribes body parts and organs that have equivalent functions but that have evolved independently of one another in different plants or animals. (Ex. the wings of birds, bats, and insects are analogous.)8
2825063503analysisthe separation of something into its constituents in order to find out what it contains to examine individual parts or to study the structure of the whole; the examination of something in detail in order to understand it better or draw conclusions from it9
2825085610annexto take over territory and incorporate it it into another political entity.10
2825087572aptitudea natural tendency to do something well, especially one that can be further developed.11
2825089328arbitrarybased solely on personal wishes, feelings, or perceptions, rather than on objective facts, reasons or principles12
2825097701arbitrateintercede: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.13
2825101769argumentationreasoning that proceeds methodically from a statement to a conclusion; the process of debating or discussing something14
2825110881aristocracypeople of noble families or the highest social class; government of a country by a small group of people, especially a hereditary nobility.15
2825140146assessto examine something in order to judge or evaluate it16
2825142228assimilationthe process of becoming part of or more like something greater17
2825143292authoritarianbelonging to or believing in a political system in which obedience to the ruling person or group is strongly enforced18
2825150287autonomouspolitically independent and self governing19
2825152964bureaucracyan administrative system, especially in a government , that divides work into specific categories carried out by special departments of non elected officials.20
2825162341capitalisman economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, characterized by a free competitive market and motivation by profit21
2825166465capitulateto surrender, especially under agreed conditions; to give in to an argument, request, pressure, or something unavoidable.22
2825169603cartelan alliance of business companies formed to control production, competition, and prices; a political alliance among parties or groups having common goals23
2825172300cataclysma sudden and violent upheaval or disaster that causes great changes in society24

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