vocab 16-18
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- heterogeneous
- consisting of dissimilar elements, parts; varied
- regress
- to go back
- nuance
- subtle, slight degree of difference in meaning, color, tone; gradation
- predecessor
- forerunner
- feudal
- government used in Europe: person granted control of land owed service to a lord
- analogous
- similar in certain qualities
- concede
- to acknowledge as true or real, often unwillingly
- transgress
- to go beyond a boundary; to act in violation of a law
- egress
- an exit
- deviate
- diverge; to move away from a specified course
- gradation
- a series of gradual changes
- comparable
- similar
- regime
- government
- despot
- ruler with absolute power; a tyrant
- tantamount
- equivalent in significance, effect, value
- differentiate
- to serve as the distinction between; to become different
- homogeneous
- uniform in structure or composition
- totalitarian
- referring to a government that exercises control over all aspects of life
- disparity
- the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, degree; unlikeness
- autonomy
- independence; quality or condition of being self-governing
- hegemony
- control of one country over others; dominant influence or authority
- deceased
- dead
- sovereign
- chief of state; self-governing, independent; having the highest rank
- usurp
- to seize, retain the rights, power, property, position without legal authority
- unprecedented
- not having occurred before
- gradient
- slope; an incline
- secession
- the act of withdrawing formally from membership in an organization
- antithesis
- direct contrast; placement of sharply contrasting ideas in parallel words
- hierarchy
- an order of persons or entities classified according to authority, rank, importance
- prerogative
- a right or privilege, particularly a hereditary or official one held by a person or group