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Learning this list will prime you to better understand news articles about the daily business of the American government. Note that the sentence examples for these words were plucked from a variety of reputable news sources (The Washington Times, The LA Times, Time, etc.)

The Constitution is, quite simply, the basis of American democracy. The document details what the branches of government must do, what they are entitled to do, and what they cannot do. Read the full text here.

No time to scour the headlines or watch the news? No problem! We’ve rounded up the top words heard, read, debated, and discussed this week. This week was all about cooperating and not cooperating. After tumultuous negotiations, Angela Merkel built enough of a coalition in Germany to secure another term as Chancellor. Cooperation eludes politicians in Italy, where there will be much wrangling before an agreement is reached on the new government. Finally, President Trump's insistence on his tariff plan means that top economic advisor Gary Cohn will not cooperate within the White House anymore; the issue was the catalyst for Cohn's resignation this week. Take a look back at the week that was, vocabulary style.