Declaration of Independence Vocab

Abolish

To do away with.

Annihilation

Extinction; destruction.

Appropriation

Anything authorized for a special purpose; especially money.

Assent

To agree or approve.

Candid

Frank; outspoken.

Consanguinity

Relationship by descent from a common ancestor.

Depository

Place where something is held for safekeeping.

Despotism

Unlimited/absolute power; particularly in a cruel way.

Deriving

To receive or obtain from a source of origin.

Dissolve

To close down or dismiss an assembly or official body.

Disavow

Disown; to deny responsibility of or connection with.

Dissolutions

The breaking up of assembly or organization; dismissal; dispersal.

Endowed

To furnish, as with some income, talent, or quality.

Evinces

To show clearly; prove.

Formidable

Causing dread/fear.

Impel

To force.

Inestimable

Priceless.

Insurrections

Act of raising in revolt against civil authority or an established government.

Jurisdiction

Power or authority to make decisions and judgments.

Levy

Raising military troops.

Prudence

Caution in practical affairs; discretion; regard for one’s own interest.

Rectitude

Rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue.

Relinquish

To surrender or give up.

Self-evident

Evident in itself without proof or demonstration.

Sufferance

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

Transient

Not lasting, temporary.

Tyranny

Oppressive power extended by a government or ruler.

Tenure

Holding or possessing of something as in an office, title, or position.

Unalienable

Not capable of being taken away or denied.

Usurpation

wrongfully seizing by force

station

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

Arbitrary

having unlimited power;uncontrolled or unrestricted by law