14 words to know for the year

A person who has supreme power or authority; a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler; a group of persons or a state having governing authority.

• legislature

• delegate

• sovereign

• congress

The ability to use language effectively; the art of making persuasive speeches.

• rhetoric

• charter

• secede

• ratify

To withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association.

• congress

• cede

• repeal

• secede

To yield [give] or formally surrender to another.

• cede

• ratify

• abolish

• delegate

A document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.

• propaganda

• delegate

• charter

• congress

To confirm by giving formal approval.

• ratify

• rhetoric

• annex

• secede

Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

• charter

• legislature

• treaty

• propaganda

To revoke or formally withdraw.

• repeal

• annex

• charter

• congress

To do away with; put an end to; annul; make void.

• sovereign

• annex

• abolish

• charter

A person designated to act for or represent another.

• sovereign

• delegate

• charter

• rhetoric