Vocab 4 & 5

Limited

Confined within limits; restricted

Expansion

An increase in size

Traditional

Handed down by traditions

Isolationism

Seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to it's own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities

Successsion

To withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance.

Exceeding

To extend beyond or outside of

Authority

The power to determine, settle issues or disputes; the right to control, command or determine

Extravagant

Going beyond what is deserved or justifiable

Nobility

A class of persons distinguished by high mark or rank and in Great Britain including dukes and duchesses.

Sectional

Pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional

Urban

Living in a city

Rural

Living in the country

Capital

The wealth, whether in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, corporation

Prohibitive

Forbidding:

Legislation

A law or a body of laws enacted

Regional

Of or relating to a large geographic region.

Sanitation

Disposal of sewage, waste products

Industrial

Having highly developed industries

Social

Of or relating to human society and its modes of organization

Political

Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics or the state

Charter

To establish by charter

Infrastructure

The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of community or society, such as transportation

Veto

To reject (a proposal or bill)

Platform

A formal declaration of the principles on which a group, such as a political party, makes its appeal to the public

Spoils system

The system or practice in which public offices are at the disposal of the winning political party to use for its own purposes

Caucus

A meeting of party leaders to select candidates

Abomination

A vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit.

Acquisition

Something acquired or gained

Justification

A reason, a fact, circumstance or explanation that justifies or defends an action

Migration

A number or body of persons or animals moving together

Cession

Something that is taken, as territory