Washington's Presidency Vocabulary

a group of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments and agencies of the executive branch of the government

• precedent

• Cabinet

• entourage

an event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances

• precedent

• cabinet

• entourage

a group of people attending or surrounding an important person

• precedent

• cabinet

• entourage

including or involving people from a range of different regions, backgrounds, and ethnicities

• precedent

• cabinet

• diverse

a ceremony in which the President publicly takes the oath of office

• inauguration

• diverse

• bond

a certificate that promises to repay money loaned, plus interest, on a certain date

• inauguration

• diverse

• bond

a tax on foreign goods brought into a country

• tariff

• speculator

• neutral

someone who invests in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit

• tariff

• speculator

• neutral

in a fitting or appropriate way

• tariff

• accordingly

• neutral

to call on or appeal to

• invoke

• accordingly

• neutral