Declaration of Independence Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 unalienable | not to be taken away |
| unsurpations | unlawful seizure of rights or privileges |
| peridy | faithlessness, treachery |
| redress | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil |
| magnamity | having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit |
| acquiesce | to agree or express agreement |
| consanguinity | kinship; relationship by birth |
| impious | lacking due respect or dutifulness |
| infidel | one who does not accept a particular faith; unbeliever |
| impel | urge or force (a person) to an action |
| endowed | given from birth |
| transient | one who stays for only a short time |
| relinquish | relinquish to the power of another |
| endeavored | tried, Attempted |
| harass | annoy continually or chronically, exhaust by attacking repeatedly |
| waging | v. to carry on (a battle, war, conflict, argument, etc.) |
| constrain | restrict, hold back |
| brethren | n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like. |
| disavow | refuse to acknowledge |
| allegiance | the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) |
| reliance | the state of relying on something, trust, confidence, dependence |
| condemnation | (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed |
| impel | cause to move forward with force |
| alter | cause to change |
| prudence | knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress |
| despotism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
| contrains | forces |
| legislative | having to do with the law, makes laws |
| depriving | keeping someone from having something |
| abolish | cancel; put an end to |
| plundered | took goods by force; looted |
| tyranny | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
| insurrection | organized opposition to authority, rebellion |
| petitioned | to make a request in writing asking for a change |
| solemnly | in a serious manner |
| sufferable | bearable, tolerable |
| abuses | improper uses, misuses, bad treatment |
| dissolve | cause to fade away |
| assume | take to be the case or to be true |
| entitle | give the right to |
| decent | enough to meet a purpose |
| mankind | all of the inhabitants of the earth |
| declare | announce publicly or officially |
| evident | clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses |
| pursuing | seeking to reach/trying to achieve, chasing |
| accommodation | the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need |
| fatiguing | tiring |
| consent | permission to do something |
| candid | openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness |
| utterly | totally; absolutely; to an extreme degree |
| neglected | disregarded |
| formidable | causing fear |
| sole | being the only one of its kind; belonging to only on person |
| compliance | acting according to certain accepted standards, happy friendly agreement |
| annihilation | total destruction |
| inestimable | beyond calculation or measure |
| invasion | the act of invading |
| convulsion | a violent disturbance |
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