James Madison: Federalist 14

( 1787 ) Commentary by Robert R. Montgomery, M.A.

Glossary

artifice trickery
commensurate matching in size or degree; proportionate
contiguous sharing an edge or boundary; touching
diet a form of representative government in Europe
enumerated specified
equilibrium a condition in which all acting influences are canceled by others, resulting in a stable or balanced system
fallacy a statement or an argument based on a false or unfounded supposition
intercourse interaction between parts
meliorated improved
palliate to make an offense or crime seem less serious
petulantly peevishly or irritably
unhallowed lacking reverence; profane

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