factious 黨派的 tribal (faction黨派的adj) partisan 黨派的 派系感強的 Her partisan speech angered the opposing party. board 委員會 Senate 參議院 上院 Congress （代表）大會 （US等的）國會 議會 diplomatic 外交的 有策略的 tactful She is alwats diplomatic when she dials with angry students. diplomacy 外交 策略 tact The clerk spoke with diplomacy to the angre customer. "confederate 同盟 partner, company" The gangster and his confederates were arrested. league 同盟 聯(lián)盟 聯(lián)合會 "affiliate 加盟 入會 associate, ally" She affiliates herself with a new law firm. unconventional 自由的 dictatorial 獨裁的 專斷的 tyrannical domestic 國內的 家庭的 The police called the fight between the husband and wife a domestic matter. "potent 強有力的 有全權的 cogent, powerful" His potent speech impressed all the people present. authoritative 權威性的 官方的 Make sure you ask an authoritative source for directions. influential 有影響的 有權勢的 powerful centralized 集中的 中央集權的 authority 權威 The teacher gave her assistant the authority to grade papers. privilege 特權 prerogative democracy 民主 People must participate in their government if a democracy is to work. petition 請愿 向...請愿 "domain 領土 領域 field, region" territory 領土 版圖 地域 nationality 國籍 kingdom 王國 realm "realm 王國 領域 field, domain" regimen 政權 sovereignty 主權 autonomy 自治權 independence (auto自己 +nomy統(tǒng)治) The nation's autonomy was compromised by( 被..危害) the treaty. commission 委員會 The president appointed a commission to study poverty. committee 委員會 委員 The committee planned the club's budget for next year. election 選舉 How many people voted in the last election? "ballot 選票 vote, poll" ideology 意識形態(tài) "parade 游行 procession, march" "govern 決定 支配 控制 determine, control" The evil dictator governed unfairly. confer 協(xié)商 I conferred with my friends about what we should eat for dinner.