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Historical Power Words

Historical Power Words. 2. Beleaguer. Verb. To harass; to plague Use: Instead of harass; botherHistorical Example:

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Historical Power Words

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    1. Historical Power Words 1. Accrue. Verb. To accumulate; grow by additions Use: Instead of accumulate; grow more (in number) Historical Example: “An effective way for a new leader to accrue support of his or her people is to demonize the previous administration.”

    2. Historical Power Words 2. Beleaguer. Verb. To harass; to plague Use: Instead of harass; bother Historical Example: “Monarchs often feel beleaguered by the plaintive cries of their subjects.”

    3. Historical Power Words 3. Catalyst. Noun. Something causing change, without it being changed Use: Instead of a spark for change. Historical Example: “It is often mistakenly represented that the storming of the Bastille was the catalyst for the French Revolution. Much had been done prior to that act.”

    4. Historical Power Words 4. Debunk. Verb. To discredit; to disprove. Use: Instead of disprove Historical Example: “It was not Martin Luther's intention to debunk the teachings of Catholicism; on the contrary, he wanted the Church to truly turn to the word of God.”

    5. Historical Power Words 5. Effrontery. Impudent boldness; audacity Use: Instead of boldness Historical Example: “It was considered the greatest manner of effrontery (not to mention illegal) to dress in a fashion that did not represent your “station” in life. This is the basis of the sumptuary laws.”

    6. Historical Power Words 6. Feign. Verb. To pretend; give a false impression; to invent falsely Use: Instead of pretend Historical Example: “To feign interest in a historical topic will come back to haunt you in class discussion.”

    7. Historical Power Words 7. Grandiose. Adjective. Magnificent. Imposing; possibly pretentious Use: Instead of imposing; very fancy/too fancy Historical Example: “the Baroque style can be described as grandiose in comparison to the sparse architecture of many of the protestant houses of worship.”

    8. Historical Power Words 8. Harrowing. Adjective. Extremely distressing; terrifying Use: Instead of terrifying; frightful Historical Example: “There are thousands of harrowing tales about the treatment of Soviet prisoners in the Gulags and labor camps of Stalin’s rule.”

    9. Historical Power Words 9. Impasse. Noun. A blocked path; a dilemma with no solution. Use: Instead of problem; a dilemma with no solution Historical Example: “ It has been commented on that war begins when diplomacy has reached an impasse.”

    10. Historical Power Words 10. Juggernaut. Noun. A huge force destroying everything in its path. Use: Instead of powerful force or army Historical Example: “The Nazi forces that marched through the Low Countries and into France in 1940 were a virtual juggernaut.”

    11. Historical Power Words 11. Knell. Noun. The Sound of a funeral bell; an omen of death or failure Use: Instead of immanent death or irrevocable change. Historical Example: “The onset of mass production was the death knell for small scale manufacturing and putting out system.”

    12. Historical Power Words 12. Licentious. Adjective. Immoral; seemingly unrestrained by society Use: Instead of immoral; thoughtless Historical Example: “Licentious behavior is often justified by the desire for a result, regardless of the consequences.”

    13. Historical Power Words 13. Malady. Noun. Illness. Use: Instead of Illness Historical Example: “Democratic thought was considered a malady to the re-established monarchies in post 1815 Europe; that is the core belief resultant from the Congress of Vienna.”

    14. Historical Power Words 14. Nullify. Verb. To make void. Use: Instead of to make void. Historical Example: “Once Henry VIII’ had effectively broken from Rome, he nullified any potential harm from Papal Bull’s or excommunication.”

    15. Historical Power Words 15. Obstinate. Adjective. Stubborn Use: Instead of stubborn. Historical Example: “Winston Churchill was nothing if not obstinate in his steadfast belief in the British people and their ability to resist the Nazi forces.”

    16. Historical Power Words 16. Paradigm. Noun. The ideal example; a model; a true beginning Use: Instead of ideal example Historical Example: “Hegel's dialectic became the paradigm for Karl Marx’s view of history and his socialist ideology.”

    17. Historical Power Words 17. Query. Noun. A question. Use: Instead of a question. Historical Example: “The management of Germany after WWII became the query that was a point of great contention for the United States and The Soviet Union.”

    18. Historical Power Words 18. Reactionary. Adjective. Marked by extreme conservatism. Use: Instead of conservative reaction Historical Example: “It would seem to be a historical inevitability that a reactionary administration would follow the election of G.W Bush Jr.”

    19. Historical Power Words 19. Secular. Not pertaining to religion. Use: Instead of worldly. Historical Example: “A common theme is European History is the struggle between the sacred and the secular.”

    20. Historical Power Words 20. Tenuous. Adjective. Weak; unsubstantial; very impermanent. Use: Instead of weak, not permanent. Historical Example: “The Maginot gave the French a very tenuous protective border with the Germans.”

    21. Historical Power Words 21. Usurp. Verb. To seize by force. Use: Instead of seize by force Historical Example: “After usurping the Power of Charles I, the English Civil was the then thrust into the hands of Cromwell; not exactly a fare trade.”

    22. Historical Power Words 22. Veracity. Noun. The truthfulness of a certain idea; accuracy Use: Instead of accuracy; truthfulness Historical Example: “Any historical study is only as strong as the veracity of its sources.”

    23. Historical Power Words 23. Weather. Verb. To endure to undergo Use: Instead of to endure: like a person or people going through a tough time Historical Example: “It has been said that the measure of any people is how they are able to weather difficult times.”

    24. Historical Power Words 24. Demarcation. Noun. Borderline; a point of difference between two things Use: Instead of boundary; distinction Historical Example: “There are few historical periods that can be shown to have absolute chronological marks of demarcation from preceding eras.”

    25. Historical Power Words 25. Enervate. Verb. To Weaken. Use: Instead of weaken. Historical Example: “To say that the Soviet forces were enervated during the Battle of Stalingrad is to demean the death and exhaustion incurred during that six-month siege.”

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