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Vocabulary List 2
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Ally ► to unite formally; a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose
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Appeasement ► to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm; to satisfy
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Armistice ► a temporary suspension of violence by agreement of the warring parties; truce
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Boer ► a Dutch colonist in South Africa
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Boyar ► landowning noble of Russia
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Brinkmanship ► the practice of threatening an enemy with massive retaliation for any aggression; pushing a highly dangerous situation to the limit, rather than backing down
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Cabinet ► a group of advisers or ministers chosen by the head of a country to help make government decisions
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Colony ► a land controlled by another nation
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Commune ► in Communist China, a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together
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Concordat ► a formal agreement- especially one between the pope and a government, dealing with the control of church affairs
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Conclave ► a private or secret meeting
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Conjunction ► the state of being conjoined; union; association
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Divert ► to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect
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Imperative ► absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable
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Pincer ► A maneuver in which an enemy force is attacked from both sides and the front
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