| Question | Answer |
| contentment | state of happiness and satisfaction |
| calculating | have and intended effect or determine by reasoning |
| revelation | surprising and previously unknown fact, exp. one that is made known in a dramatic way |
| subordinate | lower in rank or position |
| paternalism | the policy or practice on the part of people in positions of authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to them in the subordinates' supposed best interest |
| vanity | excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements |
| affirm | state as a fact, assert strongly and publicly |
| outcast | a person who has been rejected by society or a social group |
| incensed | perfume with incese or a similar gragrance |
| congruent | in agreement or harmony |
| liberators | ones who free |
| contemptible | deserving contempt |
| despised | feel contempt or a deep repugnance for |
| famine | extreme scarcity of food |
| materialistic | a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. |
| loathe | feel intense dislike or disgust for |
| downtrodden | oppressed or treated badly by people in power |
| sanctimonious | making a show of being morally superior to other people |
| underdog | a competitor thought to have little chance of wining a fight or contest |
| compassionate | feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others |
| radiant | sending out light; shining or glowing |
| cynical | believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity |
| tawdry | showy but cheap and of poor quality |
| empathetic | the ability to understand and share the feelings of another |
| regimented | a permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a colonel and divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions |
| reminicent | remind one of something |
| tyrant | a cruel and oppressive ruler |
| victimize | single someone out for cruel or unjust treatment |
| insatiable | impossible to satisfy |
| mariner | a sailor |
| cadet | young trainee in the armed services or |
| calculated | determine by reasoning, experience, or common sense; reckon or |
| plot | the main events of a novel, a drama, a movie, or simiar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence |
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