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US History Declaration of Independence 20 words

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  1. abdicate
    give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
  2. accommodate
    have room for; hold without crowding
  3. acquiesce
    to agree or express agreement
  4. annihilation
    destruction by annihilating something
  5. consanguinity
    (anthropology) related by blood
  6. despotism
    dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  7. endeavor
    attempt by employing effort
  8. evince
    give expression to
  9. hither
    to this place (especially toward the speaker)
  10. impel
    urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
  11. magnanimity
    liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
  12. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  13. province
    the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
  14. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  15. ravaged
    having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
  16. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  17. sufferance
    patient endurance especially of pain or distress
  18. tyranny
    a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
  19. unalienable
    incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
  20. usurpation
    wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)