Vocabulary Flashcards

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Untoward

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Unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient.

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Magistrate

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A civil officer or lay judge who administers the law.

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Peine forte et dure

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A form of torture formerly used in the common law legal system.

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Voluble

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Speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently.

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Prolific

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Producing many

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Annul

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Declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result).

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Indemnity

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Security or protection against a loss or other financial burden.

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Demagogue

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A political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument.

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Depose

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Remove from office suddenly and forcefully.

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Guillotine

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A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.