1. desecrate to destroy or damage offensively a sacred object or thing 2. sovereignty accepting the different views or beliefs of others 3. tolerance ultimate authority over a state or an independent state 4. usurp to seize or take something without the right to do so

1. To desecrate something means to destroy or damage offensively a sacred object or thing.  

2. Sovereignty is the ultimate authority over a state or an independent state.  

3. Tolerance means accepting the different views or beliefs of others.  

4. To usurp something means to seize or take something without the right to do so.  

the section of the chart that represents a point at which a bill needs approval from a majority of people in both chambers to advance is j, as this is the only section before the bill becomes law which has both rows (symbolizing the chambers) converging into one, meaning that the two parts of the congress have to approve of it before it can march on with the process.