Words #1
Definition: official permission in a document
charter
Definition: to flood or overwhelm
inundate
Definition: clear, presented in an organized manner
coherent
Definition: likely to happen or exist
probable
Definition: too much, over the limit
excessive
Definition: fancy word for budgeting
appropriate - House Appropriations Committee
Definition: person who supports a position
proponent
Definition: a public vote to choose a political candidate
caucus
Definition: a private vote to narrow down candidates in a political contest
primary
Definition: the fast spread of disease over a large area - beyond country borders
pandemic
Definition: to strengthen
bolster
Definition: the imaginary line that separate the eastern and western hemispheres
Prime Meridian
Definition: an educated guess about how something happens that must be tested using the Scientific Method
hypothesis
Definition: what a hypothesis is called after it has been verified multiple times
theory
Definition: slow, inherited changes that increase plant and animal survival chances
evolution
Definition: moving from one place to another for survival reasons
migration
Definition: the name of the supercontinent that existed before continental drift
Pangea
Definition: corruption
graft
Definition: fragments that make up poems and songs
verses
Definition: a way of placing people in a category such as education level, race, age....
demographic
Definition: another word for a line of longitude
meridian
Definition: another word for a line of latitude
parallel
Definition: what a law is called before it is signed by the president
bill
Definition: a political official still in office after the election and before inauguration
lame duck
Definition: the art of negotiating to solve international problems
diplomacy