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referendum | submitting a bill already passed by a legislative body to a direct vote by the citizens |
conjectural | involving or depending on a guess |
restive | restless, uneasy |
circumscribe | retrict, hold in by bounds or limits |
benefactor | one who preserves, protects, saves, especially through kindly help or financial assistance |
extant | still in existence |
convolution | a coiling; winding |
primogeniture | inheritance by the first-born son |
stature | (figurative) distinguished development and achievement |
nominal | being something in name only; not real |
superstitious | characterized by an unreasonable fear of the unkown, mysterious, or imaginary |
tenure | conditions or terms under which something is held |
prerequisite | something required as a prior condition to something else |
err | (figurative) to do wrong or sin |
inference | that which is concluded or found out by reasoning |
terrarium | a container in which (minature) plants are grown in a soil mixture |
influence | the capacity or power to produce effects on others by tangible or indirect means |
exigency | a situation (instance) which demands immediate action or attention |
perquisite | anything, such as fringe benefits or a bonus, received for work above the regular salary; ("perk") |
constituency | the condition of holding together and retaining form; firmness |