Unit 18
Terms
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- adamant
- not giving in; unyielding
- amnesty
- a general pardon, especially one granted by a government to people who have committed political offenses
- blatant
- completely obvious
- competent
- in law, mentally fit to participate
- concur
- to agree
- default
- fail to keep a promise, especially a promise to repay a loan
- denunciation
- public condemnation; statement of disapproval
- discord
- a harsh mixture of sounds; conflict
- fortitude
- the strength of mind required to withstand hardship
- inadvertently
- without intending to; not on purpose
- inextricably
- in a way; impossible to untangle
- intimately
- closely
- legitimate
- justifiable; reasonable
- mobility
- an ability to move (as from one social class to another)
- oratory
- skill in public speaking
- pernicious
- deadly; harmful
- reconciliation
- a return to a state of friendship or harmony
- retrospect
- a review of things in the past.
- sustain
- to keep alive; support
- tirade
- long, angry speech, esppecially one that criticizes