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300585715coalitionthe power to direct, shape, or otherwise influence things
300585716commercethe large-scale buying and selling of goods and services
300585717commodityan item that is bought and sold, especially an unprocessed material; something that people value or find useful
300585718condemnto state that somebody or something is in some way wrong or unacceptable
300585719conglomeratea mass formed by gathering a number of dissimilar materials or parts
300585720conscriptionobligatory enrollment of citizens in the armed forces
300585721consolidateto combine separate items or scattered material into a single whole or mass
300585722continuityfact of staying the same, of being consistent throughout, or of not stopping or being interrupted
300585723coupsudden violent overthrow of a government and seizure of political power, especially by the military
300585724cultivateto work land or prepare soil for growing crops
300585725cynicsomebody who believes that human actions are insincere and motivated by self-interest
300585726decadentundergoing a process of decline or decay, especially in morals
300585727decentralizeto reorganize something such as a political unit so that power is shifted from a central or upper location to another less central place, or be reorganized in this way
300585728democratizeto take steps toward establishing the features of liberal democracy in a state
300585729demographicsthe characteristics of a human population or part of it, especially its size, growth, density, distribution, and statistics regarding birth, marriage, disease, and death
300585730deterto discourage somebody from taking action or prevent something from happening, especially by making somebody feel afraid or anxious
300585731diffusionspread of tools, practices, or other features from one culture to another
300585732disparitya lack of equality between people or things
300585733diversifyto become more varied, or make something more varied
300585734domesticateto accustom an animal to living with or near people, usually as a farm animal or pet

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