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Thoreau, from "Civil Disobedience" |
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expedient | |
| perverted | ||
| posterity | ||
| alacrity | ||
| inherent | ||
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eradication | |
| insurrection | ||
| penitent | ||
| effectual | ||
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impetuous | |
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Gandhi, from On Nonviolent Resistance |
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counter | to act in opposition to, oppose |
| perpetrate |
to be guilty of doing or performing; commit |
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| concede |
to acknowledge or admit grudgingly, yield |
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| belligerent |
showing readiness to fight |
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| atrocious |
extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel |
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| sovereign | one that exercises supreme authority within a limited sphere | |
| comply |
to conform, submit, or adapt as required or requested |
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| arbitrary | not controlled or restrained by law, despotic | |
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King, from "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" |
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advocate |
to speak in favor of, support |
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enact (-ing) |
to make into law |
| connive (-ing) |
to cooperate secretly or having a secret understanding |
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| anarchy | a state of lawlessness, confusion, or disorder | |
| evade (-ing) |
to get away or avoid by skill or trickery |
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"The Most Remarkable Woman of Our Age" |
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adverse |
causing harm; harmful |
| beneficent |
show kindness or charity |
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venture |
to expose to hazard; risk |
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ingenuity |
skill or cleverness in devising or combining |
| rendezvous | a meeting place | |
| compromised |
laid open to danger |
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| loiter |
to interrupt or delay an activity with aimless idle stops and pauses |
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