Honors Civics - Vocabulary - Chapter 7: The Executive Branch

a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president

person appointed to vote in presidential elections for major candidates

a rule or commands that has the force of law

a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment

an order to delay a person’s punishment until a higher court can hear the case

a pardon to a group of people

to put in plain view

the result of an action or event

to have a need for or to order

to influence or affect

a guiding course of action

a nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations

the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm

a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

an agreement between the president and the leader of another country

an official representative of a country’s government

an effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers

an agreement among a group of naitons that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation

a procedure or process of doing something

a goal or aim

a group of advisers to the president that includes the heads of 15 top-level executive departments

agencies and the employees of the executive branch of government

federal brand or commission that is not part of any cabinet department

a business owned and operated by the federal government

a person appointed to a federal position by the president

person hired into a government position

the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit

rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support

hiring people into government jobs on the basis of their qualifications

to watch or observe

the function of a person or thing