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Adorn
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments
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Analyze
to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent partsor elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize)
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Apostle
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christianmessage into the world
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Appropriate
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.
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Archive
Usually, archives. documents or records relating to theactivities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation
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Ardor
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion
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Artifact
any object made by human beings, especially with a view tosubsequent use
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Autocracy
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimitedauthority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch
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Autonomy
independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions
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Bias
a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that preventsunprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice
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Charlatan
a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skillthan he or she possesses; quack
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Chastise
to discipline, especially by corporal punishment
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Chide
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach
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Chronology
the sequential order in which past events occur
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Colonnade
a series of regularly spaced columns supporting anentablature and usually one side of a roof
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Contemporary
existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to thesame time
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Context
the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede orfollow a specific word or passage, usually influencing itsmeaning or effect
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Cosmopolitan
free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, orattachments; at home all over the world
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Descent
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lowerpositionthe act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lowerposition
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Diaspora
the scattering of the Jews tocountries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity
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Disciple
a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines ofanother; follower
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Discreet
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard torespecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of adelicate nature; prudent; circumspect
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Discrete
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct
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Dissent
to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority;withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from )
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Document
a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence,as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal orofficial paper
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Draconian
rigorous; unusually severe or cruel
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Elicit
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke
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Encroach
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; makegradual inroads
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Enterprise
a project undertaken or to be undertaken, especially one that isimportant or difficult or that requires boldness or energy
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Entrepreneur
a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especiallya business, usually with considerable initiative and risk
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Epistle
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; writtencommunication
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Evidence
that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground forbelief; proof
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Fervor
great warmth and earnestness of feeling
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Hypothesis
a proposition assumed as a premise in an argument
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Iconoclast
a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions,etc., as being based on error or superstition
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Impregnable
strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken byforce, unconquerable
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Inordinate
not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive
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Interpretation
an explanation of the meaning of another's artistic or creativework; an elucidation
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Narrative
a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious
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Nigh
near in space, time, or relation
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Obeisance
a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferentialcourtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similargesture
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Objective
not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, orprejudice; based on facts; unbiased
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Ostensible
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended
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Ostensive
clearly or manifestly demonstrative
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Paragon
a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence
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Paramount
chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent
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Persecute
to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especiallybecause of religion, race, or beliefs; harass persistently
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Plebian
"of the common people,"
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Posthumous
arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death
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Primary Source
a term used in a number of disciplines to describe source material that is closest to the person, information, period, etc.
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Prosecute
to follow up or carry forward something undertaken or begun,usually to its completion
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Proselytize
to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit
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Reprove
to criticize or correct, especially gently
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Secondary Source
a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere
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Shrine
a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuouscharacter, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or otherholy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage
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Subjective
existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject ratherthan to the object of thought ( opposed to objective)
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Subsidy
a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a privateindustrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like
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Subsistence
the state or fact of existing
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Supercede
to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing
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Surge
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep
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Surplus
something that remains above what is used or needed
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Syncretism
the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposingprinciples, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion
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Synthesize
to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts orelements ( opposed to analyze)
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Theory
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonlyregarded as correct, that can be used as principles ofexplanation and prediction for a class of phenomena
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Vandalize
to destroy or deface by vandalism
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Zeal
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor
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