English Midterm

Acquiesce (v)

To accept something reluctantly or without protest.

Assent (n)

Official approval or agreement.

Candid (adj)

Honest, fair, and unbiased.

Constrain (v)

To limit someone’s choices or force them to act under restrictions.

Desolation (n)

A state of destruction, damage, and suffering.

Despotism (n)

A system of government involving complete and cruel control over people.

Equivocate (v)

To use uncertain or misleading language instead of stating something clearly.

Evinces (v)

Reveals or clearly shows something.

Endowed (v)

Naturally given or provided with something, especially rights.

Impel (v)

To strongly push or drive someone to take action.

Inestimable (adj)

Too valuable or important to be measured.

Inviolate (adj)

Protected and never broken, violated, or taken away.

Legislature (n)

An elected lawmaking body.

Posterity (n)

Future generations.

Prudence (n)

Careful and sensible judgment.

Providence (n)

Divine guidance, care, or protection.

Quartering (n)

Housing or placing soldiers among a civilian population.

Rectitude (n)

Honesty and moral correctness.

Redress (v)

To correct an injustice or address a complaint.

Ratify (v)

To formally approve or confirm something.

Tyranny (n)

Cruel and unjust use of power or authority.

Unalienable (adj)

Naturally belonging to a person and not able to be taken away.

Usurpations (n)

Unlawful or improper seizures of power or rights.

Insidious (adj)

Gradually causing harm in a subtle or deceptive way that is difficult to notice.

Subjugation (n)

The act of bringing people under control or domination, often through force.

Remonstrated (v)

Protested or strongly objected to something considered unfair or wrong.

Extenuate (v)

To make a wrongdoing, problem, or situation seem less serious or severe; mitigate.

Supinely (adv)

Passively, without making an effort to act or resist.

Delusive (adj)

Giving a false or misleading impression; creating unrealistic hopes or beliefs.

Irresolution (n)

Hesitation or uncertainty caused by an inability to make a firm decision.

Spurned (v)

Rejected or refused with contempt and with disrespect.