to defend or claim; to express or declare firmly

a counselor; a wise and trusted advisor

endurance; moral strength; patient courage in facing pain or danger

to develop slowly or gradually

disdainful; showing or feeling scorn

to stoop to do something you think is beneath you

a group or part of a group regarded as the best, most skilled, most powerful, and so on;  of or suitable for a select group

a setting free by judgment of a court

INARTICULATE

unable to say what one thinks; unable to speak clearly or to use words

a bad reputation; fame, usually in an unfavorable sense