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to free from guilt; to clear of blame. expatriate ... pecuniary. financial; relating to money. profligate. wasteful; extravagant; squandering ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: amnesty


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amnesty
  • a general pardon of a large group

2
balk
  • to refuse to move to block

3
blunt
  • plain spoken insensitive

4
coup
  • a revolution an overthrow

5
dismantle
  • to take apart to pull down to disassemble

6
exonerate
  • to free from guilt to clear of blame

7
expatriate
  • an exile someone who has rejected or left a place

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fiat
  • an official order a decree

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legion
  • a large number a throng a crowd

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mendacious
  • untruthful misleading unreliable false

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megalomania
  • an abnormal desire for power

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nostalgia
  • a yearning for the past a desire for the way
    things were

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parsimonious
  • miserly thrifty prudent frugal

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pecuniary
  • financial relating to money

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profligate
  • wasteful extravagant squandering

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restrictive
  • harsh confining

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rife
  • widespread rampant ubiquitous

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strife
  • trouble hardship conflict unrest discord

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sumptuous
  • luxurious opulent lavish

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underwrite
  • to agree to finance to endorse to support to
    fund
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