| A | B |
| asserted | to express or declare firmly; to defend or claim |
| mentor | a wise and trusted advisor; a counselor |
| inarticulate | unable to speak clearly or to use words; unable to say what one thinks |
| evolved | to develop gradually |
| fortitude | patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance |
| contemptuous | showing or feeling score; disdainful |
| condescended | to stoop to do something you think is beneath you |
| elite | of or suitable for a select group; a group or part of a group regarded as the best |
| notoriety | fame, usually in an unfavorable sense; a bad reputation |
| acquittal | a setting free by judgment of a court |