Vocab Booster SAT Supplement Vocabulary: Government Words

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  1. autocratic
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  2. autonomy
    political independence
  3. despot
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  4. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  5. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  6. matriarchy
    social organization in which a female is the family head
  7. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
  8. patriarchy
    a form of social organization in which men hold power
  9. regime
    the governing authority of a political unit
  10. sovereignty
    the authority of a state to govern another state
  11. tyranny
    government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
  12. ambassador
    a diplomat of the highest rank
  13. aristocrat
    a member of the nobility
  14. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  15. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  16. caste
    a hereditary social class among Hindus
  17. constituent
    one of the individual parts making up a composite entity
  18. caucus
    meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
  19. delegate
    a person appointed or elected to represent others
  20. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  21. elite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior status
  22. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
  23. envoy
    a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
  24. expatriate
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  25. lobbyist
    someone who is employed to persuade how legislators vote
  26. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  27. patriot
    one who loves and defends his or her country
  28. plaintiff
    a person who brings an action in a court of law
  29. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  30. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  31. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  32. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  33. abrogate
    revoke formally
  34. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  35. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
  36. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  37. canvass
    get opinions by asking specific questions
  38. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
  39. coronation
    the ceremony of installing a new monarch
  40. coup
    a sudden and decisive change of government by force
  41. depose
    force to leave an office
  42. endorse
    approve of
  43. enfranchise
    grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
  44. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  45. filibuster
    a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
  46. govern
    exercise authority over, as of nations
  47. insurrection
    organized opposition to authority
  48. lobby
    a large entrance or reception room or area
  49. mutiny
    open rebellion against constituted authority
  50. overthrow
    reject or overturn a decision or an argument
  51. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  52. poll
    the counting of votes (as in an election)
  53. ratify
    approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
  54. ration
    a fixed portion that is allotted
  55. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  56. resign
    accept as inevitable
  57. revolution
    a single complete turn
  58. sanction
    official permission or approval
  59. sedition
    an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
  60. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
  61. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  62. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
  63. ban
    prohibit especially by law or social pressure
  64. behest
    an authoritative command or request
  65. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
  66. circumscribe
    draw a geometric figure around another figure
  67. constraint
    the state of being physically limited
  68. constrict
    squeeze or push together
  69. contract
    a binding agreement that is enforceable by law
  70. demarcation
    the boundary of a specific area
  71. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  72. disallow
    command against
  73. edict
    a formal or authoritative proclamation
  74. embargo
    a government order imposing a trade barrier
  75. encompass
    include in scope
  76. finite
    bounded in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
  77. injunction
    a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
  78. interdict
    command against
  79. mandate
    a formal statement of a command to do something
  80. mandatory
    required by rule
  81. outlaw
    a criminal, especially one on the run from police
  82. parameter
    a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied
  83. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
  84. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  85. proclamation
    a formal public statement
  86. prohibit
    command against
  87. proscribe
    command against
  88. protocol
    forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials
  89. provisional
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  90. queue
    a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
  91. restriction
    an act of limiting
  92. statute
    an act passed by a legislative body
  93. taboo
    a ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
  94. tether
    restraint consisting of a rope or chain
  95. unbridled
    not restrained or controlled
  96. unfettered
    not bound or restrained, as by shackles and chains
Created on Fri Jan 31 17:05:45 EST 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:08:59 EDT 2020)

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