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20 Cards in this Set
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Fortitude
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n. patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance
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Acquittal
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n. a setting free by judgment of a court; a release from a duty, obligation, etc.
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Condescend
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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 a unfavorable sense
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Assert
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v. to express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's rights, for example)
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Elite
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adj. of or suitable for a select group; n. a group or part of a skilled, most powerful, etc.
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Mentor
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n. 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. likeness between different things; a similarity; a comparison
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Ethical
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adj. pertaining ot right and wrong; conforming to certain rules or standards; moral
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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 different from accepted doctrine
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Parental
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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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Electorate
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n. all persons having the right to vote
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