lesson 1 and 2
Terms
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- asserted
- confidently declared to be so
- notoriety
- the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
- antiquity
- an artifact surviving from the past
- analogy
- drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
- contemptous
- scornful
- excerpt
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- elite
- a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
- posthumous
- occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
- paternal
- relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
- mentor
- a wise and trusted guide and advisor
- evolve
- undergo development or evolution
- prophetic
- foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
- heresy
- a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
- inarticulate
- without or deprived of the use of speech or words
- electorate
- the body of enfranchised citizens
- paupers
- (n) people who are very poor
- ethical
- adhering to ethical and moral principles
- condescended
- to agree to do something that you believe to be beneath your dignity
- fortitude
- strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
- acquired
- gotten through environmental forces