Answer:
1. advise - to recommend or suggest
2. ambassador - a representative of a government
3. assess - to evaluate and set the amount of a tax
4. consent - to agree or accept
5. contenders - political competitors
6. divided government - in American politics, situation in which one party controls the House and the other party controls the Senate
7. president pro tempore - presiding officer of the Senate whenever the vice president is not present
8. presiding - ruling; overseeing
9. repeal - recall; cancel
Step-by-step explanation:
Just a quick explanation of each of these terms, although many of them are self-explanatory:
1. to advise - a verb that means to suggest a solution or the most adequate response regarding a certain problem.
2. ambassador - is a diplomat that resides in a foreign country, in an embassy
3. to assess - means to evaluate the value or the situation or the damage, or speaking of taxes, to set their height
4. to consent - means to agree to a deal or a proposal
5. contenders - competitiors to a certain position, title, function (or any reward that is)
6. divided government - pretty much self-explanatory
7. president pro tempore - "pro tempore" can be translated as "for the time being" or "temporary". So the person overseeing the Senate in the absence of the vice-president
8. presiding - being in charge, ruling (a conference, a gathering, an organization, a summit etc.)
9. to repeal - to cancel or revoke a law