Tog 3-wk 13-UG
Terms
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- spoils system
- a practice of regarding public offices and their emoluments as plunder to be distributed to members of the victorious party
- reservation
- 3 : something reserved for a special use; especially : an area of public lands so reserved <an Indian reservation>
- charter
- 1 : an official document granting, guaranteeing, or showing the limits of the rights and duties of the group to which it is given
- stump speech
- a place or occasion for public speaking (as for a cause or candidate); also : the circuit followed by a maker of such speeches -- used especially in the phrase on the stump
- nullify
- to make null or valueless
- compromise
- 1 : a settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands
- tariff
- 1 a : a list of taxes placed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods
- mandate
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1 : an order from a higher court to a lower court
2 : authorization or approval given to a representative especially by voters <accepted the mandate of the people> - distort
- : to tell in a way that is misleading
- misrepresent
- to give a false or misleading idea of
- slander
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1 : the making of false statements that damage another's reputation
2 : a false and harmful oral statement about a person