Advanced Words Needed for the GRE - Government as a Necessary Evil

Here you will learn some English words about power and politics, such as "anoint", "cede", "fortify", etc. that are needed for the GRE exam.

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to abdicate

[verb]

abdiquer

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to anoint

[verb]

désigner

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to arrogate

[verb]

s’arroger

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to capitulate

[verb]

capituler

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to cede

[verb]

céder

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to concede

[verb]

céder

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to defenestrate

[verb]

défenestrer

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to dismiss

[verb]

renvoyer

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to gerrymander

[verb]

redécouper une circonscription

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to kowtow

[verb]

to attempt at pleasing an authority by excessively flattering and obeying them

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to machinate

[verb]

monter une machination

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to relegate

[verb]

reléguer [qqn] à [qch]

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to rescind

[verb]

rescinder

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to sap

[verb]

pomper

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to spearhead

[verb]

être le fer de lance de

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to undermine

[verb]

miner

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artless

[adjective]

simple

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autonomous

[adjective]

autonome

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bellicose

[adjective]

belliqueux

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compliant

[adjective]

accommodant

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magisterial

[adjective]

magistral

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obsequious

[adjective]

obséquieux

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partisan

[adjective]

partisan

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truculent

[adjective]

agressif

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artifice

[noun]

artifice

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calumny

[noun]

calomnie

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dissolution

[noun]

dissolution

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graft

[noun]

pot-de-vin

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jingoist

[noun]

chauvin

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juggernaut

[noun]

pouvoir destructeur

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junta

[noun]

junte

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nabob

[noun]

nabab

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potentate

[noun]

potentat

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quisling

[noun]

collaborateur

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coterminous

[adjective]

(of areas of land or of countries) having a border in common

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buffer zone

[noun]

zone tampon

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recrimination

[noun]

récrimination

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sycophant

[noun]

flagorneur

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Advanced Words Needed for the GRE - Government as a Necessary Evil