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10 Words to Learn from the Preamble to the US Constitution 10 words

January 27, 2012 By Vocabulary.com Vocabulary.com Moderator
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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  1. justice
    the quality of being just or fair
  2. insure
    make certain of
  3. tranquility
    an untroubled state; free from disturbances
  4. promote
    contribute to the progress or growth of
  5. welfare
    a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
  6. secure
    get by special effort
  7. liberty
    immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
  8. posterity
    all future generations
  9. ordain
    order by virtue of superior authority; decree
  10. constitution
    law determining the fundamental political principles of a government