Unit 5 Week 3--Vocabulary-Our Constitution

set apart; not joined

• petition

• republic

• separate

to make sure or certain; guarantee

• aim

• ensure

• limit

in a position to be lost if something goes wrong

• at stake

• individual

• aim

to stop fighting or disagreeing

• demand

• preserve

• yield

the condition of being happy and healthy; well-being

• welfare

• ensure

• grievance

single; separate

• limit

• at stake

• individual

having to do with the central government of the U.S.

• petition

• republic

• federal

a form of government in which the power belongs to the people and in which the people elect representatives to manage the government

• preserve

• republic

• ensure

goal

• aim

• demand

• yield

to keep within a bound or bounds; restrict

• petition

• limit

• welfare