Challenging Vocabulary

adventure n.- 1.an undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs. 2.a financial speculation or business venture.

means n. -1. (functioning as singular or plural) the medium, method, or instrument used to obtain a result or achieve an end a means of communication 2. (functioning as plural) resources or income 3. (functioning as plural) considerable wealth or income a man of means by all means without hesitation or doubt; certainly come with us by all means; by means of with the use or help of; by no manner of means definitely not he was by no manner of means a cruel man; by no (or not by any) means on no account; in no way by no means come! ways and meanspl n.- 1. (Government, Politics and Diplomacy) the revenues and methods of raising the revenues needed for the functioning of a state or other political unit; 2. (Government, Politics and Diplomacy) (usually capital) a standing committee of the US House of Representatives that supervises all financial legislation.

TASK IIUse the active and challenging vocabulary to complete the sentences:

1. Lebanese Foreign and Expatriates Minister Adnan Mansour on Sunday called on the Arab League Council to issue a decision to ...the suspension of Syria's membership in the League and lift the economic sanctions against it, calling for voting on this issue if necessary.

2. Congress can ...an army to deal with military situations.

3. The Constitution that the delegates proposed included several ...that explicitly recognized and protected slavery.

4. Congress may only make laws respecting the Powers ...and enumerated in the Constitution.

5. The U.N. General Assembly on Monday condemned religious intolerance without urging states to ..."defamation of religions."

6. The Court concluded the federal government "has a power over its own property analogous to the police power" of the states. The Court did "not think it appropriate [in Kleppe]...to determine the extent to which the Property Clause ...Congress to protect animals on private lands."

7. The rules for use of police powers such as arrest are ... ...in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act of 1984 (PACE) and accompanying PACE codes of practice.

8. France ...slavery in 1789 as a result of its revolution, but it restored it a few years later in its colonies.

9. Use our independent resources to ...on your doctor at Consumer Reports Health.

10. The Commonwealth legislative power is limited to that ...in the Constitution.

11. Many parts of the U.S. Constitution are best known by their popular names, such as the Elastic ....

12. The Constitution designed the federal government to be a government of limited and enumerated, or ..., powers.

13. Parliament’s backtracking on allowances for MPs proves that citizens can check ...by public officials and inspire positive change if they choose to engage actively with governance issues.

14. There has been bipartisan support for a payroll tax cut for employers as a … to spur job growth.

15. Clifford Chance has had its share of troubles over the years, from its unhappy merger with Rogers & Wells and disastrous West Coast ... in the US.

TASK IIIUse the text to match the words on the left with the words and word combinations on the right. Make up your own sentences with the word combinations:

1. individual a. representation

2. major b. sentiment

3. proportional c. state legislation

4. equal d. powers

5. prevailing e. representation

TASK IVa) Study the meanings of the prefix dis-:

1 a : do the opposite of /disestablish/ b : deprive of (a specified quality, rank, or object) /disfranchise/ c : exclude or expel from /disbar/
2 : opposite or absence of /disunion/ /disaffection/
3 : not /disagreeable/
4 : completely /disannul/

b) Match the words on the left with their synonyms on the right:

1. dishonest, adj. a. unbiased, indifferent

2. disinterested , adj. b. irregularity

3. disorder n. c. unfair, deceptive

4. displacement n. d. neglect

5. disregard v. e. substitution

TASK VMatch the verbs from the text with their definitions:

1. vest a. to lay (as a complaint) before a proper authority : file

2. legislate b. to interrupt the normal course or unity of sth.

3. disrupt c. .to authorize, empower

4. anticipate d. to reach a firm decision about sth

5. raise e to make or enact laws

6. resolve f. to foresee and deal with in advance

7. lodge g. to get together for a purpose, collect

TASK VIComplete the following statements:

A. The final compromise language listed…

B. The Federalists wanted representation…

C. However, many of the Framers hoped that slavery would…

D. Another area of disagreement that arose…

E. A power of Congress about which the Framers did not disagree…

F. The Framers also gave Congress…

TASK VIIUse the text to provide the information for the table below:

TASK VIIIAnswer the following questions:

1. What compromise did the delegates reach at the Convention?

2. What did the Virginia delegation propose?

3. Why were other delegates against the proposal?

4. Why is the list of powers called “enumerated powers”?

5. What are the major powers of Congress?

6. What kind of representation in Congress did the Federalists insist on?

7. Which system of representation was agreed to?

8. What terms do Representatives and Senators serve in Congress?

9. How many Senators and Representatives are there in Congress?

10. Why did southern delegates insist that slaves be counted the same as citizens?

11. Why didn’t the Framers abolish slavery?

12. How did the Framers solve the conflict between federal legislation and state law?

13. Why did Article I give the sole power to originate revenue bills to the House of Representatives?

14. Why is the power of impeachment so important?

TASK IXSpeak about

a) the powers of Congress

b) the dual system of representation.

c) compromise on slavery.

d) federal supremacy.

TASK XAgree or disagree with the following quotations:

1. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!

Benjamin Franklin

2. Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists

3. Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

Charles Pegui (1873-1914), French writer

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