1. a palm tree native to tropical Africa and Madagascar I
2. Patronize (verb): to treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority
3. Incomprehensible (adjective):
not able to be understood; not intelligible
4. a person who buys and sells commodities for profit
5. Fleece (verb): to strip of money or property by fraud or extortion
6. Abject (adjective) : sunk to or existing in a low state or condition
7. Dispossess (verb) : to deprive someone of land, property, or other possessions
8. Stereotype (noun):
a common but often oversimplified idea about a group of people
9. a term used to refer to the Nigerian film industry
10. Innovative (adjective):
tending to introduce new ideas; original and creative in thinking
11. to renovate and redecorate something
12. Malign (verb): to speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner

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Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion

Which sentence uses parallel structure? a. spring is a time for growth, renewal, and to rain. b. science provides us with some answers, some questions, and figuring out how our world works. c. as long as you use your best judgement, learn from your mistakes, and taking advice, you’ll grow as a person. d. once things are done, there is no need to dwell them, to worry about them, or to decide who to blame.

Which sentence is the most effective in stating the overall purpose of section 4, “confidentiality of user names and passwords? ”