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  1. colony
    a group of organisms of the same type living together
  2. apartheid
    a social policy of racial segregation
  3. social policy
    a policy of for dealing with social issues
  4. socialism
    a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
  5. social
    living together or enjoying life in communities
  6. socialization
    the adoption of the behavior of the surrounding culture
  7. socialist
    advocating the state ownership of industry
  8. social action
    a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform)
  9. civilization
    a society in an advanced state of social development
  10. civil
    of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  11. parliament
    a legislative assembly in certain countries
  12. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  13. bureau
    an administrative unit of government
  14. dominion
    control or power through legal authority
  15. Dominion
    one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
  16. lingua franca
    a common language used by speakers of different languages
  17. coalition
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
  18. ally
    a friendly nation
  19. embargo
    a government order imposing a trade barrier
  20. jurisdiction
    the territory within which power can be exercised
  21. diplomatic
    relating to negotiation between nations
  22. diplomat
    an official engaged in international negotiations
  23. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  24. tome
    a large and scholarly book
  25. amorally
    without regard for the distinction between right and wrong
  26. diaspora
    the dispersion of something that was originally localized
  27. coup d'etat
    a sudden and decisive change of government by force
  28. putsch
    a sudden attempt to overthrow the government
  29. ordinance
    an authoritative rule
  30. statute
    an act passed by a legislative body
  31. codified
    enacted by a legislative body
  32. edict
    a formal or authoritative proclamation
  33. proclamation
    a formal public statement
  34. promulgation
    a public statement containing information about an event
  35. sedition
    an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
  36. Diaspora
    the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel
  37. levy
    impose and collect
  38. pogrom
    organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews
  39. persecution
    causing someone to suffer
  40. falanga
    a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
  41. rendition
    a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role
  42. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
  43. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  44. Camelot
    the capital of King Arthur's kingdom
  45. Arthurian
    of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
  46. Knight of the Round Table
    in the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court
  47. round table
    a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views
  48. Holy Grail
    (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
  49. chalice
    a bowl-shaped drinking vessel
  50. theocracy
    a political unit governed by a deity
  51. civic
    of or relating or belonging to a city
  52. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  53. patrician
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
  54. Dido
    a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage
  55. brahman
    the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
  56. Vedic
    of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written
  57. Sanskrit
    an ancient language of India
  58. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  59. caste
    a hereditary social class among Hindus
  60. hereditary
    occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
  61. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  62. heterodoxy
    the quality of being different from what is considered correct
  63. zoning
    dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc
  64. granary
    a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
  65. legion
    a large military unit
  66. Rosetta Stone
    a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics
  67. stele
    an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
  68. hieratic
    associated with the priesthood or priests
  69. Demotic
    a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
  70. cursive
    handwriting in which letters are connected within words
  71. Aryan
    a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
  72. Indo-European
    of or relating to the Indo-European language family
  73. Farsi
    the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms
  74. Koine
    a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
  75. Arcadic
    the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians
  76. Attic
    the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
  77. Byzantine Greek
    the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD
  78. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  79. rite
    any customary observance or practice
  80. Berit
    the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
  81. vigil
    a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
  82. sect
    a subdivision of a larger religious group
  83. tenet
    a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
  84. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  85. avatar
    the manifestation of a Hindu deity in human or animal form
  86. purgatory
    a temporary state of the dead in Roman Catholic theology
  87. expiate
    make amends for
  88. Epistle
    a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
  89. vassal
    a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  90. serf
    (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
  91. mystical
    beyond ordinary understanding
  92. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
Created on Sun Apr 17 21:00:31 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Dec 11 13:02:37 EST 2013)

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