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1
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Dictate

A

To lay down the law

To speak and lay down authoritatively

2
Q

Transient

A

To be for a short time

3
Q

Usurpation

A

Unruly rights

4
Q

Despotism

A

Use of power by force

5
Q

Relinquish

A

To give up

6
Q

Formable

A

Turning into fear

7
Q

Tenure

A

Willingness

8
Q

Abdicated

A

To renounce the thrown

9
Q

Desolation

A

The state of being empty

10
Q

Magnanimity

A

To be giving

11
Q

Consanguinity

A

Kinship as another person

12
Q

Denounce

A

To declare wrong of evil

13
Q

Rectitude

A

To have a straight emotion

14
Q

Posterity

A

All future generations

15
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Unalienable

A

Not transferable to another

, unable to be taken away

16
Q

Abate

A

To reduce in amount

17
Q

Acute

A

Sharp, penetrating

18
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Allude

A

To hint