Lesson 1 Vocab

n. A setting free by judgement of a court; a release from a duty, obligation, etc.

• acquittal

• fortitude

• asserted

v. To express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's rights, for example)

• acquittal

• assert

• evolved

v. To stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you

• assert

• contemptuous

• condescend

adj. Showing or feeling scorn

• contemptuous

• fortitude

• inarticulate

adj. Of or suitable for a select group; or as a noun, a group or part of a group regarded as the best, most skilled, most powerful, etc.

• mentor

• elite

• notoriety

v. To develop gradually by process of growth and change

• fortitude

• evolved

• assert

n. Courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance

• evolved

• fortitude

• notoriety

adj. Unable to speak understandably or effectively or to use words; unable to say what one thinks

• inarticulate

• contempuous

• condescend

n. A wise and trusted teacher; a counselor

• mentor

• fortitude

• elite

n. Fame, usually in an unfavorable sense

• acquittal

• condescend

• notoriety