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[00:13.60]factious(tribal)
[00:17.55]partisan: Her partisan speech angered the opposing party.
[00:28.40]board
[00:32.31]Senate
[00:36.94]Congress
[00:43.38]diplomatic(tactful): She is always diplomatic when she deals with angry students.
[00:54.21]diplomacy(tact): The clerk spoke with diplomacy to the angry customer.
[01:05.83]confederate(partner, company): The gangster and his confederates were arrested.
[01:15.78]league
[01:22.31]affiliate(associate, ally): She affiliates herself with a new law firm.
[01:33.12]unconventional
[01:38.25]dictatorial(tyrannical)
[01:43.62]domestic: The police called the fight between the husband and wife a domestic matter.
[01:55.51]potent(cogent, powerful): His potent speech impressed all the people present.
[02:06.87]authoritative: Make sure you ask an authoritative source for directions.
[02:18.11]influential(powerful)
[02:24.29]centralized
[02:30.53]authority: The teacher gave her assistant the authority to grade papers.
[02:40.61]privilege(prerogative)
[02:45.43]democracy: People must participate in their government if a democracy is to work.
[02:55.41]petition
[03:02.37]domain(field, region)
[03:07.53]territory
[03:13.53]nationality
[03:17.33]kingdom(realm)
[03:21.13]realm(field, domain)
[03:26.60]regimen
[03:31.18]sovereignty
[03:35.40]autonomy(independence): The nation's autonomy was compromised by the treaty.
[03:44.78]commission: The president appointed a commission to study poverty.
[03:54.40]committee: The committee planned the club's budget for next year.
[04:03.94]election: How many people voted in the last election?
[04:13.72]ballot(vote, poll)
[04:18.53]ideology
[04:22.25]parade(procession, march)
[04:26.13]govern(determine, control): The evil dictator governed unfairly.
[04:37.58]confer: I conferred with my friends about what we should eat for dinner.
[04:48.02]entitle: Every citizen is entitled to equal protection under the law.
[04:58.25]exploit(explore): The company exploited the workers by falsely promising them pay raises.
[05:10.47]maneuver(move, step, tactic): At the last moment, the basketball player made a clever maneuver that allowed a goal to be made.
[05:23.37]reform(regenerate): The reform and open policy has brought us Chinese people a rich and colourful life.
[05:37.10]inspect(examine, survey): The general inspected the troops.
[05:46.85]emigrate: Mary emigrated from Germany to France during World War I.
[05:56.93]immigrate: Britain immigrated many colonists to the New World.
[06:08.40]exile(banish, deport): The king was exiled when his empire was taken over.
[06:19.39]enslave: The addict was enslaved by drugs.
[06:27.42]hustle(hurry, hasten): To make more money, the restaurant owner hustled customers in and out quickly.
[06:37.55]impel(compel, urge): He was impelled by a strong passion to save the diseased boy.
[06:48.47]oust(dismiss, throw out): He was ousted from his position as chairman.
[06:56.44]banish(exile, expel): The naughty child was banished to his room until dinner.
[07:05.63]deport
[07:17.91]enable(make possible, allow, help): An unexpected inheritance enabled me to buy a house.
[07:21.06]reign(govern, rule): The old king has been reigning the nation for 30 years.
[07:30.70]dominate(control): The older brother dominated his younger siblings.
[07:42.42]abdicate(abandon): King Edward abdicated in 1936.
[07:53.06]administer(govern, supervise): The personnel director administers the attendance policy.
[08:03.13]administration(management): Lisa is involved in administration at the company she works for.
[08:13.86]institute(establish, set up, start): The village instituted a welfare system on their own.
[08:24.09]amendment
[08:29.29]colonize: Britain colonized many parts of Africa.
[08:38.94]check(examine, inspect): Raising interest rate is commonly used as a tool to check inflation.
[08:50.11]monarchy
[08:57.41]republican
[09:07.61]anarchism
[09:11.38]doctrine(principle)
[09:15.16]immigrant
[09:21.14]municipal
[09:28.34]strike(work stoppage): In France, going on strike is frequently being utilised by the union in fighting for the workers' interest, which strikes the nation's economy heavily.
[09:44.34]scandal(disgrace, defamation): The president's scandal was soon publicized and exaggerated.
[09:54.45]vote
[09:58.71]welfare
[10:04.12]Ideas are like the stars—we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. –C.Schur