Common Sense

Juan G.
Written by Thomas Paine
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  1. despotism
    dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  2. auspices
    kindly endorsement and guidance
  3. indefeasible
    not liable to being annulled or voided or undone
  4. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  5. impious
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
  6. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  7. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  8. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  9. invalidity
    having a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
  10. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  11. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  12. usurpation
    wrongfully seizing and holding by force
  13. confounded
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  14. vice
    a specific form of evildoing
Created on Mon Aug 08 17:59:40 EDT 2011

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