To hold something in a balanced or steady position a tax on imported or exported goods mutually dependent : depending on each other to change, value, strength, or level frequently the main product of a country , area, company, etc. the amount of food , money, etc., that is needed to stay alive to separate, move, or sort out to grant that privilege, right, or licensee to exclusively make, use, or sell something having superior strength, influence, or authority something that is done or given as a way of correction a mistake or a wrong 1. fluctuate 2. interdependent 3. patent 4. poise 5. predominant 6. reparation 7. sift 8. staple 9. subsistence 10. tariff

Epicureanism advocated reason and duty. select the best answer from the choices provided t f

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.

Which of the following is a primary reason why countries trade