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Writers of the revolution
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11th Grade
10/01/2008
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Rostrum
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a raised platform for public speaking
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Indemnity
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compensation for loss
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Tocsin
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alarm bell
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Vindication
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the defense or justification of something, such as one's rights
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Dispensation
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distrubution; giving out
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Solicitous
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full of desire; eager
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Countenance
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to give or express approbal; support
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Ruminating
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Turning a matter over and over in the mind
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Acquiescing
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consenting passively, without protest
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Emancipate
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to free or liberate
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Probity
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honesty; integrity
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Precept
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a rule or principle prescribing a paticular course of action
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Allurement
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attraction; enticement
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Despotic
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in a matter like a dictator
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Servile
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humbly submissive; slavish
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