| A | B |
| acquittal | setting free from all charges |
| assert | to express or state positively |
| mentor | a wise and trusted teacher |
| inarticulate | unable to speak understandably |
| evolved | to develop gradually |
| fortitude | patient courage in facing pain or danger |
| contemptuous | showing or feeling scorn |
| condescended | to stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you |
| elite | a group or part of a group that is considered the most powerful, the best, or most skilled |
| notoriety | fame, usually in an unfavorable sense |