| A | B |
|---|
| fortitude | patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance n |
| condescend | to stoop to do something you think is beneath you v |
| pauper | a person who is very poor n |
| heresy | a bellief different from accepted doctrine n |
| inarticulate | unable to speak clearly or use words clearly adj. |
| acquittal | a setting free by judgment of a court n |
| evolve | to develop gradually v |
| excerpt | a selected passage or scene from a literary work or piece of music n |
| assert | to express or declare firmly v |
| antiquity | ancient times; a thing or people of ancient times n |
| elite | suitable for a select group adj.; a part of a group that is considered the best or most skilled n. |
| contemptuous | showing or feeling scorn; disdainful adj. |
| mentor | a wise advisor; a counselor n |
| notoriety | fame of a negitive sort; bad reputation n |
| analogy | a likeness between two different things; a similarity; a comparison n |
| electorate | all persons having the right to vote n |
| ethical | pertaining to right and wrong; moral; conforming to certain standards adj. |
| prophetic | relating to someone or something that foretells events; predictive adj. |
| paternal | relating to one's father; fatherly adj. |
| posthumous | coming after death adj. |
