Declaration of Independence

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  1. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  2. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  3. allegiance
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  4. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  5. assent
    agree or express agreement
  6. consanguinity
    relation by blood
  7. despot
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  8. endowed
    provided or supplied or equipped with
  9. evince
    give expression to
  10. impel
    urge or force to an action; constrain or motivate
  11. inestimable
    beyond calculation or measure
  12. inevitably
    in such a manner as could not be otherwise
  13. justification
    the act of defending or explaining by reasoning
  14. levy
    impose and collect
  15. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  16. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  17. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  18. sufferance
    patient endurance especially of pain or distress
  19. unalienable
    incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
  20. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
Created on Thu Aug 09 11:19:24 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Sep 05 09:27:39 EDT 2012)

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