| A | B |
| abdicate | to give up responsibility for |
| arbitrary | based on unpredictable decisions rather than law |
| despotism | government by a ruler with unlimited power |
| impel | to drive forward force |
| mercenary | professional soldier hired to fight |
| perfidy | treachery |
| rectitude | morally correct behavior or thinking |
| redress | the correction of a wrong |
| unalienable | impossible to dispute or disprove |
| usurpation | the act of wrongfully taking a right or power that belongs to someone else |