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05/12/2013

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Hegemony
Definition
ruling the world; mainly total economic, political, military, and cultural domination.
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Paradigm
Definition
the commonly accepted way of doing things.
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Confluence
Definition
two or more things coming together into one.
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Precipitous decline
Definition
a quick, rapid decline down. (straight down)
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Insurrection
Definition
A violent uprising against an authority or government:
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Despotic
Definition
evil, cruel dictator.
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Cosmopolitan
Definition
Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures
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Perpetual Inherited Servitude
Definition
forever; get it from your parents slavery.
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Confluence
Definition
An act or process of merging.
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Regicide
Definition
The action of killing a king; A person who kills or takes part in killing a king.
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Polyglot
Definition
knowing/using several different languages.
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Tailings pile
Definition
A pile consisting primarily of any combination of overburden from a mining operation and tailings from a mineral mining, beneficiation.
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Primogeniture
Definition
The state of being the firstborn child.
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