 | Term | Definition |
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fortitude |
endurance |
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condescend |
to stoop to something you think is low |
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evolve |
to develop gradually |
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notoriety |
bad fame |
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assert |
to defend one's rights |
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acquittal |
a release from obligation |
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elite |
most powerful group |
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mentor |
trusted teacher |
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inarticulate |
unable to speak understandably |
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contemptuous |
showing or feeling scorn |
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pauper |
a person who is very poor |
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excerpt |
a selected passage from a book or article |
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analogy |
a comparison |
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ethical |
pertaining to right and wrong |
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prophetic |
something that foretells events |
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heresy |
a different belief |
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paternal |
fatherly |
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antiquity |
ancient times; a thing or people from ancient times |
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posthumous |
after death |
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electorate |
all persons having the right to vote |
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malleable |
capable of being shaped by hammering |
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amiable |
friendly |
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vibrant |
energetic; vibrating rapidly |
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melodramatic |
overly dramatic |
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grimace |
distortion of face to show pain |
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indomitable |
unconquerable |
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succumb |
to die; to give in |
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bayou |
a marshy inlet |
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whimsical |
unpredictable; oddly out of the ordinary |
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visage |
a facial expression; appearance |
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callous |
lacking mercy |
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mystic |
mysterious |
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indignant |
angered by unfairness |
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verbatim |
in exact words |
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paraphrase |
to reword the meaning of a text |
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comendable |
praiseworthy |
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judicious |
wise, careful, and discreet |
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personification |
figure of speech in which an inanimate object posesses humanistic qualities |
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ineffectual |
unable to bring about desired result |
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apprehensive |
uneasy about the future |
