ESL4(2): Reading Definition Midterm 1

formal changes made to laws or official documents

• amendment

• privilege

• version

• commitment

a special right given to a group or person

• privilege

• version

• commitment

• legislation

a description given from a specific point of view

• version

• commitment

• legislation

• compromise

sense of obligation to someone or something

• commitment

• legislation

• compromise

• eventually

the laws made or passed

• legislation

• compromise

• eventually

• democracy

to reach an understanding by agreeing each side with give up

some parts of its demands

• compromise

• commitment

• democracy

• amendment

finally; in the end

• eventually

• democracy

• version

• commitment

a government that is run by the citizens who live with it

• democracy

• commitment

• compromise

• legislation

twisted and turned one’s body

• squirmed

• directing

• tinkering

• technology

giving orders or instructions

• directing

• tinkering

• technology

• decade