| annexation |
the act of taking and adding (territory) to one's own territory. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| efficacy |
the ability to produce desired results; effectiveness. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| flaccid |
without firmness; soft; flabby. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| hilarity |
noisy or boisterous merriment. |
| menagerie |
a collection of usually wild or exotic animals, or the place where they are exhibited. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| portly |
rather fat; stout. |
| potentate |
a person of great power, such as a ruler. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| ratify |
to approve in an official way; confirm. |