Vocabulary

4. cruel and oppressive government or rule
7. renounce one's throne; to fail to fulfill a duty
8. set or declare (someone) free from blame, guilt, or responsibility
9. truthful and straightforward; frank
13. is the leaving of one's own country in order to settle permanently in another
14. take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force
15. deceitfulness; untrustworthiness
17. relating to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor
18. absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration
19. drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something
20. impose a tax or fee; enlist a soldier

1. deny any responsibility or support for
2. more important than anything else; supreme
3. based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system; autocratic and unrestrained in the use of power
5. generosity or forgiveness, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself
6. morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness
10. reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling)
11. accept something reluctantly but without protest
12. the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way
16. he holding of an office; a period for which an office is held