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4826596503Arableland capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage0
4826606709Coup d'étata sudden and decisive action in politics, especially one resulting in a change of government illegally or by force1
4826629490Circaapproximate dates2
4826677751Darwinismthe Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind3
4826685670Edificeany large, complex system or organization.4
4826705122Eunucha castrated man, especially one formerly employed by rulers in the Middle East and Asia as a harem guard or palace official5
4826709030Fief/Fiefdoma fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations./the estate or domain of a feudal lord6
4826719675Filialof, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter7
4826722273Forumthe marketplace or public square, the center of judicial and business affairs and a place of assembly for the people8
4826730443Gallimpudence; effrontery9
4826749943Manifestoa public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization10
4826754282Monsoonthe seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter11
4826762388Papacy/Papalthe office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope/of or relating to the pope or the papacy12
4826844236Peccadilloa very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.13
4826779439Peon/Peonageany person of low social status, especially one who does work regarded as menial or unskilled; drudge/the condition or service of a peon.14
4826790289Rimlanda peripheral area of a country or region15
4826818941Social Darwinisma 19th-century theory, inspired by Darwinism, by which the social order is accounted as the product of natural selection of those persons best suited to existing living conditions and in accord with which a position of laissez-faire is advocated.16
4826824225Tenetany opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.17
4826831050Topographythe detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.18
4826836319Viceroya person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign19

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