Vocabulary #8 – Flashcards
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Bungle
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To mismanage or make a mess of
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Botch
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Butcher
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Mangle
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Mar
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Spoil
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Foul-up
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Bollix-up
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Klutz
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Synonym of Bungle
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Incompetant
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Inept
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Clumsy
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Awkward
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Synonym of Bungle
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Expert
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Antonym of Bungle
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Whiz
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Ace
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Competant
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Workmanlike
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Skillful
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Adroit
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Deft
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Dextereous
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Bureaucracy
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A complicated system of administrative offices and agencies
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Buttress
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1. A support or reinforcement 2. To support or reinforce
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Prop
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Brace
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Mainstay
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Cornerstone
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Pillar
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Prop-up
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Shore up
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Strengthen
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Weaken
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Impair
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Undermine
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Cajole
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To persuade or obtain by flattery or deceit
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Wheedle
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Coax
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Beguile
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Induce
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Flatter
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Inveigle
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Dissuade
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Deter
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Discourage
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Callous
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Unfeeling or unsensitive
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Indifferent
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Unresponsive
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Unsympathetic
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Thick-skinned
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Hard-hearted
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Hard-boiled
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Hard-nosed
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Compassionate
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Tenderheated
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Softhearted
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Kindhearted
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Thin-skinned
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Sensitive
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Calumny
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A false statement deliberately made up to injure or insult a person
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Lie
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Falsehood
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Slander
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Libel
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Slur
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Aspersion
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Flattery
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Adulation
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Candid
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1. Fair & impartial 2. Frank or outspoken 3. Informal or unposed
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Objective
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Disinterested
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Unbiased
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Unprejudiced
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Balanced
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Forthright
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Unresolved
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Straight-from-the-shoulder
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Spontaneous
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Impromptu
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Partial
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Biased
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Prejudiced
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Reserevd
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Reticent
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Disingenous
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Artful
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Evasive
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Equivocal
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Ambiguous
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Cantankerous
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Foul-tempered and quarrelsome
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Peevish
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Contrary
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Cross-grained
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Irritable
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Irascible
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Perverse
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Choleric
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Bearish
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Testy
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Crabby
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Grouchy
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Cranky
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Intractable
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Unamenable
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Ornery
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Curmudgeon
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Grouch
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Good-natured
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Sweet tempered
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Amiable
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Lovable
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Affable
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Genial
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Even tempered
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Unexcitable
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Impertubable
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Equable
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Docile
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Tractable
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Amenable
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Captious
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1. Quick to find peccadillos; overly fussy 2. Intended to trap, confuse, or show up
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Hypercritical
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Caviling
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Carping
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Censorious
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Niggling
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Pettifogging
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Hairsplitting
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Picky
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Picayune
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Nit-picking
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Artful
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Tricky
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Loaded
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Unexacting
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Uncritical
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Undiscriminating
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Straight-forward
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Laudatory
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Complimentary
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Catholic
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1. Broad or widely inclusive 2. General or universal; worldwide
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Comprehensive
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Wide
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Liberal
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Ecumenical
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Global
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Narrow
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Provincial
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Parochial
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Checks and Balances
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Limits on a government to insure equal power is distributed
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Political Machine
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A political organization that commands supporters and businesses
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Revenue Sharing
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The distribution of profits and losses between stakeholders
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Civil Rights
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A class of rights that protects and individual's freedom
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Merit System
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The process of promoting an hiring employees based on performance rather than political connections
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Pocket Veto
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A legislative maneuver that allows the president or any official that holds equal power with veto power to use it without actually doing anything
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Executive Privilege
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The president's power to access certain things
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Separation of Powers
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An act of separating the powers of the government
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Lobby/Interest Group
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A group that wants to change certain policies without actually having someone in a position of power
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Reapportionment
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The process of a reallocation of electoral seats to defined territories
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Referendum
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A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.
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Party Platform
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A list of values supported by the candidate to appeal to the general public
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Executive Order
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Legally binding orders given by the president
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Popular Sovereignty
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Principle that the authority and government lasts thanks to the people's consent
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Regulatory Agency
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A department whose primary mission is to impose rules on the conduct of individuals or companies in the private sector
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Due process of law
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The principle that an individual cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without certain procedures
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Judicial Review
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The doctrine where the legislative and executive branch are subject to review by the judiciary
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Civil Service
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A collective term for the body of employees working for the government
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Bipartisian
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The agreement of cooperation of 2 political parties that usually oppose each other's policies
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Franchise
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To distribute goods that avoid the investments and liability of a chain
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Eminent Domain
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Power of a government to take private property for public use.
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Senatorial Courtesy
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A long-standing unofficial custom
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Pork Barrel
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The use of governmental funds for projects that will only appease the public and nothing else
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Conflict of Interest
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A situation where a person is involved in multiple interest which can corrupt the ideals of another organization
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Filibuster
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An action that obstructs the progress in a legislative assembly
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Political Patronage
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The dispensation of favors of public offices by a patron to a client
