Lessons 1-6 English Vocabulary

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Fortitude

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n. patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance

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Condescending

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v. to stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you

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Evolve

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v. to develop gradually by process of growth and change

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Notoriety

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n. fame, usually in an unfavorable sense

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Asserted

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v. to express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's rights, for example)

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Acquittal

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n. a setting free by judgement of a court; a release from a duty, obligations, etc.

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Elite

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adj. of or suitable for a select group; n. a group or part of a group regarded as the best, most skilled, most powerful, etc.

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Mentor

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n. a wise and trusted teacher; a counselor

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Inarticulate

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adj. unable to speak understandably or effectively or to use words; unable to say what one thinks

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Contemptuous

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adj. showing or feeling scorn

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Fortitude

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n. patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance

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Condescending

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v. to stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you

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Evolve

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v. to develop gradually by process of growth and change

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Notoriety

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n. fame, usually in an unfavorable sense

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Asserted

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v. to express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's rights, for example)

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Fortitude

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n. patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance

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Condescending

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v. to stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you

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Evolve

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v. to develop gradually by process of growth and change

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Notoriety

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n. fame, usually in an unfavorable sense

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Asserted

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v. to express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's rights, for example)

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Acquittal

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n. a setting free by judgement of a court; a release from a duty, obligations, etc.

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Elite

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adj. of or suitable for a select group; n. a group or part of a group regarded as the best, most skilled, most powerful, etc.

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Mentor

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n. a wise and trusted teacher; a counselor

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Inarticulate

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adj. unable to speak understandably or effectively or to use words; unable to say what one thinks

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Contemptuous

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adj. showing or feeling scorn

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Pauper

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n. a person who is very poor, especially one dependent upon public charity

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Excerpt

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n. a selected passage or scene from a literary work or piece of music; an extract; v. to take out or select passages; to quote

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Analogy

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n. a likeness between different things; a similarity; a comparison

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Ethical

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adj. pertaining to right and wrong; conforming to certain rules or standards; morals

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Prophetic

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adj. relating to someone or something that foretells events

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Heresy

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n. a belief from accepted doctrine

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Paternal

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adj. inherited from or related through one's father, fatherly

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Antiquity

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n. ancient times; a thing or people of ancient times; the quality of being ancient

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Posthumous

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adj. coming after death

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Caesura

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A break or pause within a line of poetry indicated by punctuation and used to emphasize meaning.