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1. Mercantilism • Mercantilism is an economic practice by which governments used their economies to augment state power at the expense of other countries. Governments sought to ensure that exports exceeded imports and to accumulate wealth in the form of bullion...

1. Hispanic • Relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Central and South America. Usage: The Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly. 2. Wanton • a) A lewd or lascivious person. • b) Of a cruel or violent action deliberate...

1. Dark Web • The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets, overlay networks that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations, or authorization to access. Usage: Online forums within the dark web are used by groups who would...

1. Non-partisan • Not biased or partisan, especially towards any particular political group. Politically neutral. Usage: We need constructive, nonpartisan collaboration — even, and especially with, our leaders who hold so much power. 2. Non-partisan democracy •...

1. Cooperative federalism • Cooperative federalism is a concept of federalism in which federal, state, and local governments interact cooperatively and collectively to solve common problems, rather than making policies separately but more or less equally • An example...

1. Abnegation • The action of renouncing or rejecting something. Usage: Abnegation of political power by Republican. 2. Beauteous • Beautiful. Usage: His beauteous bride. 3. Crass • Showing no intelligence or sensitivity. Usage: At public meetings, he would rail...

1. Historiography • Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is anybody of historical work on a particular subject. 2. Mooring • A place where a boat or ship is moored. Usage: They tied...

1. Hallow • Honour as holy. To hallow is to bless, consecrate, or render holy by means of religious rites, especially significant religious places or the relics of saints. Usage: Cathedrals might traditionally be viewed as hallowed places meant for sombre reflection...

1. Mutilated note • It means a note of which a portion is missing or which is composed of more than two pieces. Usage: Mutilated notes may be presented at any of the bank branches. 2. Imperfect Note • It means any note, which is wholly or partially, obliterated,...

1. Zealot • A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals. 2. Logjam • A situation that seems irresolvable. (A logjam is just what it sounds like: a bunch of logs all jammed together, blocking the flow of water...

1. Transmogrify • Transform in a surprising or magical manner. Usage: His home was transmogrified into a hippy crash pad. 2. Egregious • Outstandingly bad; shocking. Usage: Having committed one egregious error, he was not going to be guilty of another. 3. Raze •...

1. Rambunctious • Uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous. Noisy and out of control. Usage: Then something unusual happened: the festival noise didn’t let up, instead transferring to the internet and escalating to a rambunctious roar. 2. Machiavellianism •...