DOI vocab

Station

Station

place or position in which a person or thing is normally located

Impel

to drive or urge forward; incite to action

Self-evident

evident in itself without proof or demonstration

Endowed

to furnish or provide, as with some talent or quality

Deriving

to receive or obtain from a source or origin

Prudence

exercise caution or to be wise in practical affairs; discretion; regard for one’s own interests

Transient

not lasting, temporary

Usurpation

wrongfully seizing by force

Evinces

to show clearly; to prove

Despotism

absolute power or control

Sufferance

tolerance especially from something wrong or illegal; passive permission; ability to endure pain

Candid

frank; outspoken

Depository

place where something is held for safekeeping

Dissolutions

the breaking up of assembly or organization; dismissal or dispersal

Annihilation

extinction or complete destruction

Appropriations

anything authorized for a special purpose; especially money

Tenure

the holding or possessing of anything, as in an office, title, or position

Jurisdiction

Power, authority, or control

Arbitrary

uncontrolled or unrestricted by law

Insurrections

act of raising in revolt or rebellion against civil authority or an established government

Disavow

To disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown

Consanguinity

relationship by descent from a common ancestor; kinship

Rectitude

rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue

Levy

to raise military troops