Vocab Semester 2
Terms
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- to acknowledge as true or read, often unwillingly
- concede
- no longer living; dead
- deceased
- a path or means of going out; an exit
- egress
- a degree or stage in a series of gradual changes
- gradation
- the degree to which something inclines; slope
- gradient
- someone or something that comes before another in time, especially in an office or position
- predecessor
- to go back; to return to a previous condition
- regress
- the act or withdrawing formally from membership in an organization
- secession
- to go beyond or over a limit or boundary
- transgress
- not having occured before; novel
- unprecendented
- similar in certain qualities, circumstances, or uses
- analogous
- direct contrast; opposition
- antithesis
- having like traits; similar
- comparable
- to differ or move away from a specified course or prescribed mode of behavior
- deviate
- to serve as the distinctio between
- differentiate
- the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree
- disparity
- consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; miscellaneous
- heterogeneous
- consisting of elements of a similar or related nature; uniform in structure
- homogeneous
- a subtle or slight degree of difference
- nuance
- equivalent in significance, effect, or value
- tantamount
- independence; the quality of being self-governing
- autonomy
- a ruler having absolute power or authority; a tyrant
- despot
- characteristic of a social and economic system of governmentused in Europe
- feudal
- dominion or control, particularly of one country over others
- hegemony
- an order of persons or entities classified according to authority, rank, or importance
- hierarchy
- a right or privilage, particularly a hereditary or official one
- prerogative
- a government or any other administrative organ in power
- regime
- the chief of state, usually in a monarchy
- sovereign
- referring to a government that exercises control over all aspects or life
- totalitarian
- to seizr and retain the rights, power, property, or position of another without legal authority
- usurp