| Term | Definition |
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| antebellum | belonging to the period before a war, esp. the American Civil War |
| euro | the basic unit of currency among membrers of the European Monetary Union |
| fiduciary | 1a. of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another b. of or being a trustee or trusteeship c. held in trust 2. of or consisting of flat money 3. of, relating to, or being a system of marking in a field of view of an optical instrument that is used as a reference point or measuring scale |
| infrastructure | 1. an underlying base or foundation, esp. for an organization or a system 2. the basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or socient, such as transportation and communications systems |
| filibuster | 1a. the use of obstructionist tactics, esp. prolonged speechmaking in order to delay legislative action b. an instance of the use of this delaying tactic 2. an adventurer who engates in a private military action in a foreign country |
| gerrymander | to divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections |
| laissez-faire | 1. an economic doctrine that oposes governmental regulation of or interference in commerce 2. noninterfereence in the affairs of others |
| hypoteneuse | the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle |
| parabola | a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone or by the locus of points equidistant from the fixed line and a fixed point no on the line |
| oligarchy | 1a. government by a few, esp. by a small faction of persons or families b. those making up such a government 2. a state governed by an oligarchy |
| yeoman | 1a. an attendant, servant, or lesser official in a royal or noble household b. a yeoman of the guard 2. a petty officer performing cheifly cherical duties in the US Navy 3. an assistant of other subordinate, as a sheriff 4. a diligent, dependable worker 5. a farmer who cultivates his own land, esp. a member of a former class of small freeholders in England |
| xenophobe | a person undult fearful or contemtuous of that which is foreign, esp. of strangers or foreign peoples |
| ziggurat | a temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories |
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