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  1. aboriginal
    having existed from the beginning
  2. abrogate
    revoke formally
  3. accusative case
    the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
  4. acquisition
    something gained
  5. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  6. advocacy
    active support of an idea or cause
  7. affluent
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  8. Afghanistan
    a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia
  9. agrarian
    relating to rural matters
  10. ague
    chills and fever that are symptomatic of malaria
  11. Albanian
    of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture
  12. alternately
    in an interchanging sequence or position
  13. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  14. analysis
    abstract separation of something into its various parts
  15. ancestry
    the lineage of an individual
  16. annuity
    income from capital investment paid regularly
  17. annulment
    an official or legal cancellation
  18. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  19. aspect
    a characteristic to be considered
  20. asphodel
    any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
  21. assassinated
    murdered by surprise attack for political reasons
  22. Auguste Comte
    French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism
  23. Australian
    of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages
  24. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  25. Bangladesh
    a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
  26. Barbados
    easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela
  27. Basque
    a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
  28. Beijing
    capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
  29. beset
    assail or attack on all sides
  30. bloc
    a group united for a particular purpose
  31. Bolivia
    a landlocked republic in central South America
  32. bollard
    a strong post
  33. Bosnian
    of or relating to or characteristic of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the people of Bosnia
  34. Botswana
    a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s
  35. bowdlerize
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  36. bromidic
    given to uttering bromides
  37. Burma
    a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal
  38. Burmese
    of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people
  39. Burnham
    United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912)
  40. Cairo
    the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa
  41. canoodle
    fondle or pet affectionately
  42. canvass
    get opinions by asking specific questions
  43. centrifugal
    tending to move away from the middle
  44. cephalopodan
    relating to a marine animal with a head and tentacles
  45. charismatic
    possessing an extraordinary ability to attract
  46. Chile
    a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
  47. cicerone
    a guide who conducts and informs sightseers
  48. civilian
    a nonmilitary citizen
  49. clarification
    the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
  50. clergy
    the entire class of religious officials
  51. coincide
    happen simultaneously
  52. commonality
    sharing of common attributes
  53. communism
    a theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
  54. communist
    relating to socialism that abolishes private ownership
  55. compliance
    the act of submitting, usually surrendering power to another
  56. comprehensible
    capable of being understood
  57. comptroller
    someone who maintains and audits business accounts
  58. conceptual
    being or characterized by ideas or their formation
  59. concretize
    make something concrete
  60. confiscated
  61. congeries
    a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
  62. Congo
    a major African river
  63. connivance
    agreement on a secret plot
  64. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  65. connote
    express or state indirectly
  66. consumption
    the act of using something up
  67. contemplate
    think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
  68. cordial
    politely warm and friendly
  69. correlated
    mutually related
  70. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  71. culminate
    end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
  72. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  73. Czech
    of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language
  74. Damascus
    an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
  75. daunting
    discouraging through fear
  76. daw
    common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
  77. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  78. degradation
    a change to a lower state
  79. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  80. deity
    a supernatural being worshipped as controlling the world
  81. Delphi
    an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus
  82. denominate
    assign a name or title to
  83. denote
    have as a meaning
  84. densely
    in a stupid manner
  85. depict
    give a description of
  86. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  87. designated
  88. doctorate
    one of the highest earned degrees conferred by a university
  89. domestic
    of or relating to the home
  90. dramatic
    characteristic of a stage performance
  91. durable
    existing for a long time
  92. dynamics
    mechanics concerned with forces that cause motions of bodies
  93. economic
    of or relating to production and management of wealth
  94. economist
    an expert in the circulation of goods and services
  95. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
  96. effervescence
    the process of bubbling as gas escapes
  97. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
  98. Emile Durkheim
    French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917)
  99. encompass
    include in scope
  100. equitably
    in an equitable manner
  101. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  102. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  103. ethnic
    distinctive of the ways of living of a group of people
  104. euro
    the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
  105. excessive
    beyond normal limits
  106. expenditure
    the act of spending money for goods or services
  107. facilitate
    make easier
  108. famine
    a severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death
  109. fascist
    an adherent of right-wing authoritarian views
  110. feminism
    a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
  111. Ferdinand I
    king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065)
  112. Fischer
    German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919)
  113. fluctuate
    move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  114. forfeit
    lose the right to or lose by some error, offense, or crime
  115. forum
    a public facility to meet for open discussion
  116. fraudulent
    intended to deceive
  117. frieze
    an ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band
  118. Gaza
    a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt
  119. Ghana
    a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea
  120. gladiolus
    any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
  121. grenadine
    thin syrup made from pomegranate juice; used in mixed drinks
  122. Guatemala
    a republic in Central America
  123. gustatory
    of or relating to the sense of taste
  124. ha-ha
    a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
  125. Haiti
    an island in the West Indies
  126. Hamas
    a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing
  127. hauteur
    overbearing pride with a superior manner toward inferiors
  128. hefty
    of considerable weight and size
  129. Hizbullah
    a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran
  130. humiliating
    causing embarrassment or awareness of your shortcomings
  131. impoverished
    poor enough to need help from others
  132. imprecision
    the quality of lacking precision
  133. inadequate
    lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  134. Indonesia
    a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
  135. inequality
    lack of balance or similarity in status
  136. inferiority
    the state of being lesser
  137. inflation
    the act of filling something with air
  138. infraction
    a violation of a law or rule
  139. infrastructure
    the basic features of a system or organization
  140. infrequently
    not many times
  141. initially
    at the beginning
  142. instability
    a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
  143. insurgency
    an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a government
  144. interchangeable
    permitting mutual substitution without loss of function
  145. interchangeably
    in an interchangeable manner
  146. intermediary
    a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
  147. intermediation
    the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement
  148. intuitive
    spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
  149. Iran
    a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
  150. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  151. Israeli
    a native or inhabitant of Israel
  152. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  153. Keynesian
    of or relating to a noted English economist or his theories
  154. kittiwake
    small pearl-grey gull of northern regions
  155. Klein
    United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)
  156. Kosovo
    a republic in the Balkan Peninsula that declared independence from Serbia in 2008; populated predominantly by Albanians
  157. Kuwait
    an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum
  158. Kyrgyzstan
    a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
  159. Lebanon
    an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
  160. Lesotho
    a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa
  161. liberal
    showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  162. liquidity
    the state in which a substance exhibits a readiness to flow
  163. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
  164. lubberly
    clumsy and unskilled
  165. lucrative
    producing a sizeable profit
  166. madrigal
    an unaccompanied partsong for several voices
  167. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
  168. Malawi
    a landlocked republic in southern central Africa
  169. Mandela
    South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)
  170. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  171. manifestation
    a clear appearance
  172. manikin
    a life-size dummy used to display clothes
  173. manipulate
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously
  174. massacre
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
  175. maturity
    the period of time in life after physical growth has stopped
  176. Mauritius
    a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius
  177. metaphysical
    pertaining to the philosophical study of being and knowing
  178. minimal
    the least possible
  179. mired
    entangled or hindered
  180. modernization
    the act of making up-to-date in appearance or behavior
  181. momentum
    the product of a body's mass and its velocity
  182. monetarist
    an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money
  183. Mongolia
    a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia
  184. mosque
    a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
  185. mountebank
    a flamboyant deceiver
  186. Mozambique
    a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
  187. municipal
    relating to a self-governing district
  188. Myanmar
    a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal
  189. Namibia
    a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa
  190. Nepal
    a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China
  191. Netherlands
    a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea
  192. neutrality
    nonparticipation in a dispute or war
  193. nominal
    relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
  194. normative
    relating to or dealing with typical standards or patterns
  195. obbligato
    a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission
  196. objectionable
    causing offense or disapproval
  197. objectivity
    judgment based on observable phenomena
  198. optimism
    the hopeful feeling that all is going to turn out well
  199. optimistic
    hopeful that the best will happen in the future
  200. origin
    the place where something begins
  201. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  202. oust
    remove from a position or office
  203. pacifism
    the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable
  204. paleobotany
    the study of fossil plants
  205. paramount
    most important or impactful
  206. paraphrasis
    rewording for the purpose of clarification
  207. parvenu
    a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
  208. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  209. pelter
    a thrower of missiles
  210. per capita
    relating to each person individually
  211. peradventure
    by chance
  212. Peruvian
    of or relating to or characteristic of Peru or its people
  213. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  214. pivotal
    being of crucial importance
  215. polysemy
    the property of a word or expression having multiple meanings
  216. pomegranate
    shrub or small tree having large red many-seeded fruit
  217. precious
    of high worth or cost
  218. precision
    the quality of being exact
  219. predominantly
    much greater in number or influence
  220. premise
    a statement that is held to be true
  221. prestige
    a high standing achieved through success or influence
  222. Pretoria
    city in the Transvaal
  223. prod
    push against gently
  224. profusion
    the property of being extremely abundant
  225. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
  226. protestant
    expressing opposition through action or words
  227. quasi
    having some resemblance
  228. regime
    the governing authority of a political unit
  229. relevant
    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  230. repetitious
    characterized by doing or performing again
  231. repression
    control by holding down
  232. residual
    relating to or indicating a remainder
  233. revered
    profoundly honored
  234. revolt
    rise up against an authority
  235. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
  236. Rwanda
    a landlocked republic in central Africa
  237. Saddam Hussein
    Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran
  238. Saharan
    of or relating to or located in the Sahara Desert
  239. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  240. satrap
    a governor of a province in ancient Persia
  241. segmentation
    the act of dividing or partitioning
  242. Serbian
    of or relating to the people or language or culture of the region of Serbia
  243. Shebat
    the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February)
  244. Sierra Leone
    a republic in West Africa
  245. simultaneously
    at the same instant
  246. Singapore
    an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula
  247. societal
    relating to people in general
  248. socioeconomic
    involving social as well as economic factors
  249. sociology
    the study and classification of human societies
  250. sovereignty
    the authority of a state to govern another state
  251. spectrum
    a broad range of related objects, values, or qualities
  252. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  253. spurious
    plausible but false
  254. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  255. Sri Lanka
    a republic on the island of Ceylon
  256. stagnation
    a state of inactivity
  257. stellar
    being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
  258. stern
    serious and harsh in manner or behavior
  259. stevedore
    a laborer who loads and unloads ships at a waterfront
  260. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  261. stringent
    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  262. subnormality
    the state of being less than normal
  263. subsequent
    following in time or order
  264. subsequently
    happening at a time later than another time
  265. substantial
    real; having a material or factual existence
  266. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  267. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
  268. Suharto
    Indonesian statesman who seized power from Sukarno in 1967
  269. sumptuary
    regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
  270. superimposed
    placed on or over something else
  271. supernumerary
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  272. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  273. synoptic
    presenting a summary or general view of a whole
  274. Syria
    an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
  275. Taiwan
    an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea
  276. tamp
    press down tightly
  277. Tanzania
    a republic in eastern Africa
  278. Tehran
    the capital and largest city of Iran
  279. terminology
    a system of words used to name things in a discipline
  280. Thailand
    a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula
  281. theocracy
    a political unit governed by a deity
  282. theoretical
    concerned with hypotheses and not practical considerations
  283. torture
    infliction of suffering to punish or obtain information
  284. tribunal
    an assembly to conduct judicial business
  285. triumphantly
    in an extremely joyous, victorious, or celebratory manner
  286. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  287. twain
    two items of the same kind
  288. unanticipated
    not expected
  289. uncanny
    surpassing the ordinary or normal
  290. upsurge
    a sudden or abrupt strong increase
  291. usage
    the act of employing
  292. Utopian
    of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia
  293. varied
    characterized by diversity
  294. velocity
    distance traveled per unit time in one direction
  295. Venezuela
    a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean
  296. vulnerability
    the state of being exposed to harm
  297. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
  298. Winston Churchill
    British statesman and leader during World War II
  299. woodsy
    characteristic or suggestive of woods
  300. Yemen
    a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990
  301. Zimbabwe
    a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
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