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Iran, Islamic Republic Of
August 20, 2008
Whould you abdicate or advocate?
Absolve(v): to forgive or free from blame
As part of the king's historic decision , he decided to absolve all those villains who languished in the tower.
Abysmal(adj) : extremely wretched, bottomless
The prisoners had been living in an abysmal situation.
Acquiesce(v): to comply passively , to give in
The king's cabinet did not easily acquiesce to the pardons.
Amnesty(n): an official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
In fact, the king himself had granted amnesty five years before to a ring of conspirators who had been planning to rob a bank.
Anomalous(adj): irregular ,abnormal,unusual
The price secretly plans to hang all criminals once he is crowned,as he considers his father's decision regarding amnesty as anomalous one.
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