USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does it mean to nullify something?
A
To approve or make count
B
To not worry about until a later time
C
To support the practice of slavery
D
To cancel or ignore
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -nullify implies counteracting completely the force, effectiveness, or value of something. a penalty nullified the touchdown. negate implies the destruction or canceling out of each of two things by the other.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nullification is the act of cancelling something. Counteracting the effects of a snakebite with an antidote could be described as nullification, for example. Use the noun nullification when one thing overcomes or overrides another, basically erasing the effects of the first thing.

Detailed explanation-3: -/ˈnʌl.ɪ.faɪ/ formal. to make a legal agreement or decision have no legal force: The state death penalty law was nullified in 1977.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some common synonyms of nullify are abrogate, annul, invalidate, and negate. While all these words mean “to deprive of effective or continued existence, ” nullify implies counteracting completely the force, effectiveness, or value of something.

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