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Lesson One

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acolyte a person assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession.
bibulous highly obsorbent
coalesce come together and form one mass or whole.
Covert not openly acknowledged; secret
declaim utter or deliver words or a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience
delineate describe or portray (something) precisely.
demagogue a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.
encomium a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly
obdurate stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
prescience The fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge.
protagonist the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
sedulous of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence.
tranchant Expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perceptive.
utopia an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More.
valedictory A farewell address, especially one given at a graduation ceremony.
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