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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bridle | to put a bridle on something (a restraint like a horse) |
| insurrection | organized opposition to authority |
| fringe (adj) | outside mainstream |
| franchise | a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) |
| fragmentary | consisting of small disconnected parts |
| bondage | the state of being under the control of another person |
| liberalize | to make or become less provincial or narrow; to broaden the mind |
| libel | a tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person |
| untenable | (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified/ held |
| sanctity | the quality of being holy |
| faction | a dissenting clique |
| impulse | the act of applying force suddenly, an instinctive motive, a sudden desire |
| macrocosm | everything that exists anywhere |
| impetus | the act of applying force suddenly |
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