| Term | Definition |
|---|
| to embody | to incorporate, to express in a definite form |
| vanguard | front troops |
| liason | communication between 2 groups, person who communicates between 2 groups |
| to expropriate | to take away, to deprive of possession |
| interim | a temporary |
| antipathy | dislike |
| to redeploy | to send (troops) |
| to secede | territory to go away, broken away |
| vermon | a small rodent |
| to implement | to put in place |
| inadmissable | not allowed |
| to amend | to make better, to change |
| aegis | protection |
| disdain | scorn (to look at with disdain), contempt |
| jurisprudence | field of law |
| ambivalent | not clear, not direct |
| to goad | to urge, to push |
| nostalgia | craving the past or something in the past |
| regime | system of government, government; negative connotation of government |
| expedient | fast, quick, urgent; adapted to achieving a particular end, marked by what is advantageous |
| proliferation | growth, spread, rapid increase; (nuclear) units, cells, etc. |
| to succumb | to give into, to give up, to capitulate, to submit |
| devoid (of) | absent/lacking from |
| lethality | deadliness |
| debilitating | crippling |
| antiquity | old times |
| to wane | to grow smaller/less powerful, to decline |
| terminus | endpoint of a route, final goal |
| revenue | profit made, money earned, income |
| precedent | something said or done that can serve as a justification for a similar act or words in the future |
| connivance | giving secret aid or cooperating secretly |
| atrocity | a horrible event, crime (with physical damage to individuals) (alt. form - atrocious) |
| sentry | guard/soldier (alt. form - sentinile) |
| resiliance | persistance, determination |
| to expatrate | to send out of the country (ex. if we lived in France we would be American expatriates) |
| stratified | society with well-defined classes |
| procreation | multiplied (especially with children) |
| to curtail | to limit/cut down |
| precipitously | steeply |
| libation | drink/beverage - old school |
| tenure | term |
| coterie | exclusive group of persons with common interest |
| impetus | incintive, momentum, impulse |
| adious | causing or deserving hatred or repugnance |
| armaments | weapons |
| to disavow | to deny responsibility, to repudiate |
| annihilation | utter destruction |
| to relegate | to banish; to remove from a position; to assign to a particular class or sphere; to refer to a judgement, decision |
| to ensue | to follow as a consequence or in time; result |
| to elude | to avoid capture, to escape |
| restitution | the act of restoring to a rightful owner (i.e., property) |
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