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Absolute monarch:

A ruler who is not controlled by law.

Anarchism:

A social philosophy that advocates voluntary associations among people as a form of self-government, as opposed to central governments dominated by a monarch or other central figure.

Apprentice:

A person learning the basics of a skilled trade, such as masonry (working with brick or stone) or weaving.

Aristocrat:

Someone who controls land and the people who live on it. Aristocrats generally inherited their positions from their fathers (occasionally from their mothers).

Assembly line:

A system of manufacturing goods in which many workers, often arranged in different stations along a line, carry out the same precise task over and over on multiple...