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20 Cards in this Set
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Fortitude |
Patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance. |
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Condescend |
To stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you. |
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Evolved |
To develop gradually by process of growth and change. |
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Notoriety |
Fame, usually in an unfavorable sense. |
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Asserted |
To express or state positively; to defend or claim ( ones rights, for example ) |
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Acquittal |
A setting free by judgement ; a release from duty, obligation, etc. |
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Elite |
Of or suitable for a select group; a group or part of a group regarded as the best, most skilled, most powerful, etc. |
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Mentor |
A wise and trusted teacher a counselor |
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Inarticulate |
Unable to speak understandably or effectively or to use words; unable to say what one thinks |
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Contemptuous |
Showing or feeling scorn |
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Pauper |
Person who is very poor, especially one dependent upon public charity |
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Excerpt |
A selected passage or scene from a literary work or piece of music; an extract; to take out or to select passages; to quote |
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Analogy |
Likeness between different things; a similarity; comparison |
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Ethical |
Pertaining to right and wrong; conforming to certain rules or standards; moral |
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Prophetic |
Relating to someone or something that foretells events |
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Heresy |
A belief different from accepted doctrine |
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Paternal |
Inherited from or related through ones father, fatherly |
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Antiquity |
Ancient times; thing or people of ancient times; the quality of being ancient |
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Posthumous |
Coming after death |
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Electorate |
Persons having the right to vote |
