| Term | Definition |
| liberation | the state or act of being freed, freedom |
| majority | the greater number |
| elope | to run off secretly to be married |
| ulcer | a painful sore |
| controversial | causing public argument or debate |
| sentimental | appealing to tender feelings |
| fiend | someone regarded as wicked or cruel |
| hysterics | states of extreme emotion like laughing or crying |
| neurotic | overanxious or overworried about everything |
| warping | becoming twisted out of shape |
| innovative | new and creative |
| profound | very great or intense |
| resign | leave a job or give up |
| gavel | small hammer used by judge to gain attention |
| precedent | an example used to help make a decision or to start a custom |
| reinstate | to give someone's job back or reintroduce a practice |
| effective | causing a desired result |
| doctorate | highest university degree |