Term: co-option: the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: schoolgirl: a girl attending school
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: spectroscope: an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: cutting: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: myxine: type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes)
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: usuli: a religious movement by Persian Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iran that is opposed to the Akhbari
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: back exercise: exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: informing: a speech act that conveys information
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: colchicum: chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: heaven: the abode of God and the angels
Broader: action: something done (usually as opposed to something said) | Unrelated: vigilantism: the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws