| A | B |
|---|
| abdicate | to step down from power/responsibility |
| amnesty | pardon for criminals |
| apartheid | racial segregation in South Africa |
| aristocratic | of noble birth; snobbish |
| autocratic | ruling w/ absolute authority; bossy |
| bourgeois | middle class; boringly conventional |
| capitalism | economic system that gov. has no part of |
| coup | brilliant victory/accomplishment; violent overthrow of gov. |
| demagogue | leader of people; rabble rouser |
| enfranchise | to grant citizenship, right to vote |
| hegemony | leadership |
| ideology | political/social system of ideas |
| imperial | like an empire |
| mandate | a command or authorization; will of voters |
| nepotism | showing favoritism |
| partisan | one who supports cause |
| proletariat | industrial working class |
| sedition | treason; incitement of rebellion |
| sycophant | suck-up |
| usurp | to seize wrongfully |
