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• Word 1: ASSEMBLY

  Definition: a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose

  Synonyms: gathering, meeting, congregation, convention, rally, convocation, congress, council, synod, audience, assemblage, turnout, group, body, crowd, throng, company, construction, building, fabrication, manufacture, erection, setting up, putting together, fitting together, piecing together, connection, joining

• Word 2: COUNSEL

  Definition: advice, especially that given formally

  Synonyms: advice, guidance, direction, instruction, information, enlightenment, barrister, lawyer, counsellor, legal practitioner

• Word 3: LIBERTY

  Definition: the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behaviour, or political views

  Synonyms: independence, freedom, autonomy, sovereignty, self government, self rule, self determination, home rule, freedom, independence, free rein, freeness, licence, self-determination, act with overfamiliarity, act with familiarity, show disrespect, act with impropriety, act indecorously, be impudent, commit a breach of etiquette, act with boldness, act with impertinence, show insolence, show impudence, show presumptuousness, show presumption, show forwardness, show audacity, be unrestrained

• Word 4: LIFE

  Definition: the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death

  Synonyms: existence, being, living, animation, aliveness, animateness, person, human being, individual, mortal, soul, creature, lifetime, life span, days, duration of life, allotted span, course of life, time on earth, existence, one's time, one's career, threescore years and ten, this mortal coil, vivacity, animation, liveliness, vitality, verve, high spirits, sparkle, exuberance, zest, buoyancy, effervescence, enthusiasm, energy, vigour, dynamism, go, elan, gusto, brio, bounce, spirit, spiritedness, activity, fire, panache, colour, dash, drive, push, moving spirit, moving force, animating spirit, vital spirit, spirit, vital spark, life force, lifeblood, essence, core, heart, soul, strength, quintessence, substance

• Word 5: SPEECH

  Definition: the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds

  Synonyms: speaking, talking, verbal communication, verbal expression, articulation, talk, address, lecture, discourse, oration, disquisition, peroration, declamation, deliverance, presentation

• Word 6: VOTE

  Definition: a formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands

  Synonyms: ballot, poll, election, referendum, plebiscite, public vote, general election, local election, popular vote, straw poll, show of hands, go to the polls, cast one's vote, mark one's ballot paper

• Spangram: CONSTITUTION

  Definition: a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed

  Synonyms: charter, social code, canon, body of law, system of laws/rules, composition, make-up, structure, organization, construction, arrangement, configuration, framework, form, formation, anatomy, shape, design, health, physique, state of health, physical condition, physical strength, shape, fettle