Declaration of Independence Vocab

Abolish: (v) to do away with

Annihilation: (v) extinction; destruction

Appropriation: (n) anything authorized for a special purpose; especially money

Assent: (v) to agree or approve

Candid: (adj.) frank; outspoken

Consanguinity: (n) relationship by descent from a common ancestor

Depository: (n) place where something is held for safekeeping

Despotism: (n) unlimited/absolute power; particularly in a cruel way

Deriving: (v) to receive or obtain from a source of origin

Dissolve: (v) to close down or dismiss (an assembly or official  body)

Disavow: (v) disown; to deny responsibility of or connection with

Dissolutions: (n) the breaking up of assembly or organization; dismissal; dispersal

Endowed: (v) to furnish, as with some income, talent, or quality

Evinces: (v) to show clearly; prove

Formidable: (adj) causing dread/fear

Impel: (v) to force

Inestimable: (adj.) priceless

Insurrections: (n) act of raising in revolt against civil authority or an established government

Jurisdiction: (n) power or authority to make decisions and judgments 

Levy: (n or v) raising military troops

Prudence: (n) caution in practical affairs; discretion; regard for one’s own interest

Rectitude: (n) rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue

Relinquish: (v) to surrender or give up

Self-evident: (adj.)  evident in itself without proof or demonstration

Sufferance: (n) tolerance especially from something wrong or illegal; passive permission; ability to endure pain

Transient: (adj.) not lasting, temporary

Tyranny: (n) oppressive power extended by a government or ruler

Tenure: (n) holding or possessing of something as in an office, title, or position

Unalienable: (adj) not capable of being taken away or denied