| A | B |
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| 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. |
| amiable | friendly; agreeable; pleasant adj. |
| anthropology | the study of the physical, cultural, and social development and behavior of human cultures n. |
| bayou | a marshy inlet or outlet of a river or lake n |
| apprehensive | uneasy; afraid or anxious about the future adj. |
| callous | unfeeling; insensitive adj. |
| commendable | praiseworthy; deserving approval adj. |
| indignant | angered by the unfairness or meanness of something adj. |
| grimace | to make a face showing pain, annoyance, and the like v. ; a twisting of the face to show pain, annoyance, or the like n |
| indomitable | unconquerable; unyielding adj. |
| ineffectual | unable to bring about a desired result; inadequate adj. |
| whimsical | full of curious ideas or notions; odd; fanciful adj. |
| verbatim | in the exact words adv. ; following the original word for word adj. |
| visage | a face or facial expression; appearance n |
| personification | a figure of speech in which something inanimate is given human qualities n |
| succumb | to die; to yield or to give in to an overpowering force v |
| paraphrase | to state a meaning in other words v. ; a rewording of the meaning of a text n |
| mystic | mysterious adj. ; a person who believes truth can best be known through spiritual insight n |
| malleable | capable of being shaped by hammering or pressing; adaptive; having the capacity to be changed easily adj. |
| judicious | showing good judgment; wise and careful; prudent adj. |
| melodramatic | overly dramatic, emotional, or sentimental adj. |
| plausible | appearing to be true; reasonable; seeming to be logical or correct adj. |
| pompous | overly dignified adj. |
| portly | comfortably fat or stout; large or heavy in a stately and dignified way adj. |
| proximity | nearness; closeness; a neighboring area n. |
| rejuvenate | to make young or vigorous again; to give youthful qualities to v. |
| unprecedented | never done or known before; without previous example adj. |
| affiliate | to associate or unite with a larger body v. / an associated person or organization; a member n. |
| ecstatic | filled with rapture; transported by an exalted feeling of delight; overjoyed adj. |
| encumber | to hinder; to weigh down; to burden v. |
| invariably | continually; perpetually; constantly adv. |
| ascertain | to find out; to determine; to learn v. |
| atrocious | exceedingly bad; wicked or cruel; abominable adj. |
| compassion | pity for someone else’s suffering, along with a desire to help; deep sympathy n. |
| composure | self-possession; calmness n. |
| deteriorate | to become worse or less valuable; to diminish v. |
| insipid | flavorless; dull or unexciting; lifeless adj. |
| lament | to regret; to express sorrow or mourning over; to grieve v. / an expression of grief; a song or poem expressing grief n. |
| loathe | to feel intense dislike or disgust; to detest v. |
| painstaking | very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous adj. |
| repress | to hold back; to keep or put down; to restrain v. |
