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Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acuqittal | seting free from charges of an offense |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully |
| condescend | todescend to a less formal or dignified |
| contemptuous | showing or expressing contempt or disdaia |
| elite | the choise or best of anything considered collectively,as of a group or class or person |
| evolve | to develop a characteristic through the process of evolution |
| fortitude | mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty,adversity,danger,temptation courageusly |
| inarticulate | unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly |
| mentor | a wise and trustesd counselor or teacher |
| notoriety | the state,quality,or characteristic of being notorious or widely know |
| Analogy | inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will prob. |
| Antiquity | ancient time; those before the middle ages. |
| Electorate | the territory, juridiction, or dignity of a German elector. |
| Ethical | involving or expressing moral approval or disappoval. |
| exert | a passage(as from a book or mussical composition) selected, performed, or copied. |
| Heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contary to church dogma. |
| paternal | of or relation to father. |
| pauper | a person destitute of means exept as are derived from charity; specific: one who receives aid from funds designated for the poor. |
| Posthumous | published after death of the author. |
| Prophetic | of a relating to , or characteritic of a profet or prophecy. |
| amiable | Friendly, soarable and congenial. |
| Bayou | a creek, secondary water course, or minor river that it tributary to another body of water. |
| Grimace | facial expression. |
| Indomitable | incaple of beig subdued. |
| melleable | capable of being extanded or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers. |
| melodramatic | relating to, or characteristic of melodrama, |
| Succumb | to yield to superior strengh of force or over powering appeal or desire. |
| Vibrat | oscillating or pulsating rapidly. |
| Visage | The face counterance, or apperance of a person or something animal. |
| Whimsical | our ot the ordinary. |
| apprehensive | one bound by indecture to serve another for a prescribed period with a view to learning an art or trade. |
| Callous | to make callous (hands by hard manual labor) |
| Commendable | Deserve administration |
| indignant | filled with or marked by indignation. |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect. |
| judicious | having, exercising,or characterized by sound judment. |
| mystic | of or relatin to mysteries or esotric rites. |
| paraphrase | to make parapharse |
| personification | attribution of personal qualities. |
| verbatim | being in or following the exact words. |
| affiliate | to bring or receive into close connection as remember or branch. |
| encumber | to impede or hamper the fuction or activity. |
| exalted | to raise in rank, power, or character. |
| invariably | not changing or capable of change. |
| plausible | superificially fair, resonable, or valuable but often specious. |
| pompus | excessively elevated or ornate. |
| portly | heavy or rotund of body. |
| proximity | the quality or state of being procimate. |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again. |
| unprecendented | never known to have before. |
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hectorb
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