ENG NA22. A GREAT SPEAKER

hold office have an important job/position

penchant liking / preference / tendency (formal)

inagural first / opening

forebears ancestors (formal)

sap weaken

grievance complaint

recriminations criticizing someone who's criticized you

dogma belief / principal

stand pat remain unchanged (AmE)

charter official document describing laws and rights

toil work hard

undiminished not reduced

emanate from come from (formal)

humility behaving in a humble way

roll back reduce (AmE)

specter an unpleasant possibility (AmE)

swill liquid waste

sow create / introduce

dissent strong disagreement with general opionion

levee a wall built to stop a river flooding

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