Choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources

To erase; to rub away the features of

Selfish; believing that one is the center of everything

Extremely bad; flagrant

To bring out; to call forth

hard to pin down; evasive

Relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical

To grant the privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote

a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm

Scholarly; deeply learned