| A | B |
|---|
| abdicate | to step down from a position of power or responsibility |
| amnesty | an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy |
| apartheid | the abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppresion in the Republic of South Africa |
| aristocratic | of noble birth; snobbish |
| autocratic | ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy |
| bourgeois | middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional |
| capitalism | free enterprise |
| coup | brilliant victory or accomplishment; the violent overthrow of a government by a small ijnternal group |
| demagogue | a leader of the people, but more of a rabble rouser |
| enfranchise | to grant priviliges of citizenship, especially the right to vote |
| hegemony | leadership, especially of one government over another |
| ideology | a system of social or political ideas |
| imperial | like an empire or emperor |
| mandate | a command or authorization to do something |
| nepotism | showing favoritism to friends or family in business or politics |
| partisan | one who supports a particular person, cause, or idea |
| proletariat | the industrial working class |
| sedition | treason; the incitement of public disorde or rebellion |
| sycophant | one who sucks up to others |
| usurp | to seize wrongfully |
