Vocabulary

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antebellum

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exsting before war, especially before the American Civil War (1861-1865)

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bellicose

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warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome

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belligerence

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aggressiveness, combativeness

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rebellion

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Open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority.

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pacify

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to soothe anger or agitation or to subdue by armed action.

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pacifist

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a person opposed to war or violence, especially someone who refuses to bear arms or to fight, on moral or religious grounds.

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pact

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an agreement between to or more people or groups; a treaty or formal agreement between nations to deal with a problem or to resolve a dispute.

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appease

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to make peaceful and quiet; to calm, satisfy.

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hostage

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a person given or held to ensure that an agreement, demand, or treaty is kept or fulfilled.

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hospice

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a place or program to help care for the terminally ill.

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hostel

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an inexpensive, supervised place for young travelers to stay overnight.

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inhospitable

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not welcoming or generous; unfriendly or providing no shelter or food (such as a desert)

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amicable

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friendly, peaceful

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enamored

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charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love.

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inimical

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hostile, unfriendly, or harmful.

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paramour

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a lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom.

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criminology

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the study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment.

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decriminalize

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to remove or reduce the criminal status of.

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incriminate

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to show evidence of involvement in a crime or fault.

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recrimination

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an accusation in retaliation for an accusation made against oneself; the making of such an accusation.

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approbation

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a formal or official act of approving; praise, usually given with pleasue or enthusiasm.

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disprove

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to show that something is not what it has claimed to be; refute.

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probity

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absolute honesty and uprightness

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reprobate

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a person of thoughtly bad character.

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gravid

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pregnant or enlardged with something.

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gravitas

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great or very dignified seriousness.

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gravitate

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to move or be drawn toward something.

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gravity

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Weightly importance, seriousness or dignity.

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alleviate

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to lighten, lesson, or relieve, especially physical or mental suffering.

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elevate

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to lift up or raise or to raise in rank or status.

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leavening

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something that lightens and raises; something that modifies, eases, or animates.

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levity

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frivolity, lack of appropriate seriousness.

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cicerone

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a guide, especially one who takes tourists to museums, monuments, or architectural sites and explains what is being seen

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hector

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to bully; to intimidate or harassby bluster or personal pressure.

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hedonism

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an attitude or way of life based on the idea that pleasure or happiness should be the chief goal.

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nestor

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a senior figure or leader in one's field.

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spartan

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marked by simplicity and often strict self-discipline or self-denial.

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stentorian

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extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound.

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stoic

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seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain.

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sybaritic

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marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life.

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agitate

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to move something with an irregular, rapid, violent action or to stir up or excite.

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litigate

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to carry on a lawsuit by judicial process.

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prodigal

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recklessly or wastefully extravagant; spendthrift.

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synagogue

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the center of worship and communal life of a Jewish congregation; temple.

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advent

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a coming arrival; a coming into use.

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provenance

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orgin or source

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venturesome

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inclined to seek out risk or danger, bold, daring, adventurous.

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venue

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the place where a trial is held or the locale of an event.

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reception

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the act of recieving; a social gathering where guests are formally welcomed.

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incipient

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starting to come into being or to become evident.

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perceptible

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noticable or able to be felt by the senses.

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affinity

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sympathy; attraction or relationship

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definitive

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authoritative and final or specifying perfectly or percisely.

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infinitesimal

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extremely or immeasureably small.

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finite

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having definite limits.

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adjacent

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near, neighboring or sharing a common boundary or border.

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conjecture

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to guess

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dejected

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downcast, depressed.

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trajectory

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the curved path that an object makes in space, or that a thrown object follows as it rises and falls to earth.

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detract

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to decrease the importance, value, or effectiveness of something.

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protracted

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drawn out, continued, or extended.

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retraction

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a taking back or withdrawal; a denial of what one has previously said.

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intractable

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not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled.

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conducive

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tending to promote, ecourage, or assist; helpful.

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deduction

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subtraction or the reaching of a conclusion by reasoning.

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induce

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persuade, influence or bring about.

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seduction

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temptation to wrong, especially temptation to sexual intercourse or attraction or charm.

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consequential

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resulting or important.

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execute

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to carry out or preform or to put to death legally or formally.

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obsequious

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excessively submissive, obedient, or flattering.

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sequential

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arranged in order or in a series or following in series.

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apollonian

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harmonious, ordered, rational, calm.

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bacchanalian

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frenzied, orgiastic.

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delphic

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unclear, ambiguous, or confusing.

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dionysian

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frenzied, orgiastic.

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jovial

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jolly, expansively good-natured.