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Historical Power Words
1. AcrimonyAcrimony. Noun. Hatred; bitterness; animosity
Use instead of Hatred; bitterness; animosity Historical Example: “One of the major
themes is seventeenth century English history is the acrimonyacrimony between the monarchy and Parliament.”
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2. BellicoseBellicose. Adjective. Warlike; aggressive Use: Instead of aggressive; warlike; angry Historical example: “It always seemed
incongruous that a Pope, like Julius II, would be so overtly bellicosebellicose.”
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3. CapitulateCapitulate. Verb. To submit completely; to surrender
Use: Instead of give up; surrender Historical Example: “Once the French
withdrew their support form Italy, (to fight the Prussians) it was not long before the forces of the Vatican capitulatedcapitulated to Cavour, and Italy was finally unified.”
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4. DefamatoryDefamatory. Adjective. Slanderous statements; injurious words meant to hurt a person’s reputation
Use: Instead of slanderous, unkind Historical Example: “It is a common
misconception that Martin Luther’s 95 Theses were nothing more than defamatorydefamatory statements.”
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5. EfficaciousEfficacious. Adjective. The most effective; the most efficient
Use: Instead of effective; efficient Historical Example: “Factory production,
although the most materially efficaciousefficacious manner of producing goods, exacts a dire cost on its workforce.”
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6. FathomFathom. Verb. To measure the depth of; to try and grasp the importance of something
Use: Instead of understand; grasp Historical Example: “It is difficult to fathomfathom
the gravity of the Nazi Party in the 1930’s without looking to the inadequacies of the Weimar Republic of Germany in the 1920’s.”
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7. GrievousGrievous. Adjective. Causing grief or sorrow; serious; distressing; harmful
Use: Instead of serious; harmful Historical Example: “The systematic
exploitation of the indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere after Columbus’ arrival is one of the most grievousgrievous human rights abuses in history.”
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8. HegemonyHegemony. Noun. Leadership; a visible expression of domination: usually by a country
Use: Instead of domination; power Historical Example: “Religion and Political hegemonyhegemony were inextricably linked in the Thirty Years War.”
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9. ImmutableImmutable. Adjective. Unchanging; invariable
Use: Instead of constant, unchanging Historical Example: “The greatest threat
Charles Darwin posed to the established Church was his belief that mankind was not immutableimmutable, that were were still evolving.”
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10. JudiciousJudicious. Adjective. Sensible; showing good judgment.
Use: Instead of wise decision making, sensible
Historical Example: “Neville Chamberlain believed that his policy of appeasement with Hitler was judiciousjudicious, and would ‘bring peace in our time.’”
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11. LabyrinthineLabyrinthine. Adjective. Literally “maze like”; very complicated.
Use: Instead of complicated Historical Example: “One of the most
difficult parts of European History is the labyrinthinelabyrinthine political and religious structure of the Holy Roman Empire.”
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12. MalevolenceMalevolence. Noun. Causing evil or wishing ill will toward others.
Use: Instead of evil, as applied to a person’s actions
Historical Example: “There is a fine line between meting out justice and blatant malevolencemalevolence. Many monarchs were unable to toe this line.”
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13. NefariousNefarious. Adjective. Vicious. Evil Use: Instead of evil of vicious (person) Historical Example: “Josef Stalin’s treatment
of the Ukrainians in 1930-1931 sealed his position as one of the most nefariousnefarious rulers of all time.”
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14. ObsequiousObsequious. Adjective. Overly submissive; brownnosing
Use: Instead of “brownnose”; yes man; lackey
Historical Example: “A common pitfall of leadership is to mistake obsequiousnessobsequiousness (noun) with valued advice.”
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15. PanaceaPanacea. Noun. Something that I supposedly a “cure-all; the “magic bullet”
Use: Instead of solution; cure-all Historical Example: “Marx saw the
inevitable re-distribution of wealth (through the revolt of the proletariat) as the panaceapanacea for the ills of the industrial age.”
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16. QuarantineQuarantine. Noun or Verb. To isolate to prevent the spread of disease; to isolate
Use: Instead of isolate Historical Example: “Ship’s in Italian ports
thought to have the plague on board were required to stay at anchor for forty days (quarrento in Italian), hence the term quarantinequarantine.”
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17. RancorRancor. Noun. Bitter hatred. Anger Use: Instead of Hatred; deep hatred Historical Example: “Given the historical
treatment of the Poles, it is not surprising the level of rancorancor they had for both the Germans and the Russians.”
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18. SatiateSatiate. Verb. To satisfy; to please; to mollify
Use: Instead of satisfy; mollify Historical Example: “One the executions
began during the Reign of Terror, it became clear that no amount of decapitation could satiatesatiate those in power seeking justice.”
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19. TempestuousTempestuous. Adjective. Stormy; raging; furious
Use: Instead of furious; intense; stormy (as in a relationship)
Historical Example: “It seems Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart had a very tempestuoustempestuous relationship for half-sisters.”
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20. UpbraidUpbraid. Verb. To scold; to reprimand Use: Instead of scold; criticize Historical Example: “It was not uncommon
for and aristocrat to upbraidupbraid a peasant, a total stranger, as if they were that peasants parent.”
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21. VenerableVenerable. Adjective. Respected because of Age.
Use: Instead of honored; respected Historical Example: “Inexplicably, Winston
Churchill, one of the most veneratedvenerated (verb) leaders Britain had ever know, lost his position as Prime minister before WWII had even ended.”
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22. WritWrit. Noun. Written document; usually in Law
Use: Instead of written law Historical Example: “The writwrit of Habeas
Corpus was one of the cornerstones of the English Bill of Rights.
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