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Founding Fathers Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to drive forward; force

a)

impel

b)

usurpation

c)

despotism

d)

arbitrary

2.

not to be taken away

a)

unalienable

b)

arbitrary

c)

perfidy

d)

rectitude

3.

the act of wrongfully taking over a right or power that belongs to someone else

a)

usurpation

b)

redress

c)

abdicated

d)

impel

4.

government by a ruler with unlimited power

a)

despotism

b)

unalienable

c)

dignitary

d)

poignant

5.

based on unpredictable decisions rather than law

a)

arbitrary

b)

usurpation

c)

mercenary

d)

summarily

6.

to give up responsibility for

a)

abdicated

b)

usurpation

c)

subordinate

d)

rectitude

7.

a professional soldier hired to fight in foreign army

a)

mercenary

b)

subordinate

c)

despotism

d)

redress

8.

treachery

a)

perfidy

b)

impel

c)

mercenary

d)

dignitary

9.

the correction of a wrong

a)

redress

b)

rectitude

c)

poignant

d)

usurpation

10.

Morally correct behavior or thinking

a)

rectitude

b)

dignitary

c)

abdicated

d)

arbitrary

11.

a person considered to be important because of high rank

a)

dignitary

b)

despotism

c)

unalienable

d)

mercenary

12.

physically or mentally painful

a)

poignant

b)

redress

c)

perfidy

d)

rectitude

13.

lower in rank or position

a)

subordinate

b)

dignitary

c)

presaging

d)

oscillation

14.

quickly and without ceremony

a)

summarily

b)

subordinate

c)

rectitude

d)

perfidy

15.

the action of swinging back and forth

a)

oscillation

b)

interminable

c)

erect

d)

poignant

16.

laughably absurd; ridiculous

a)

ludicrous

b)

presaging

c)

ineffable

d)

redress

17.

predicting

a)

presaging

b)

erect

c)

summarily

d)

redress

18.

endless

a)

interminable

b)

ineffable

c)

arbitrary

d)

mercenary

19.

beyond description; inexpressible

a)

ineffable

b)

presaging

c)

lubricous

d)

dignitary

20.

rigidly

a)

erect

b)

oscillation

c)

redress

d)

abdicated