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  1. Acme            highest point or stage                                                                              
  2. Amulet          Object worn to ward off evil                                                                        
  3. audacity        daring boldness; arrogant disregard for establish-ed norms of behavior                              
  4. Butte           Isolated hill with steep sides                                                                      
  5. Civility        Courtesy, politeness                                                                                
  6. debacle         a sudden or disastrous breaddown or collapse                                                        
  7. duration        the period of time during which something lasts                                                     
  8. Fortitude       Strength of mind  that enables a person to bear   pain or adversity with courage                    
  9. Heresy          Dissent from a dominant theory or opinion, esp.   dissent from church dogma                         
  10. Infidel         An unbeliever in respect to a particular religion                                                   
  11. kudos           glory; credit; praise                                                                               
  12. Maw             A receptqacle into which food is taken            by swallowing                                     
  13. necrophobia     fear of death                                                                                       
  14. pacifism        opposition to war or violence; refusal to partici-pate in war                                       
  15. pique           a fit of resentment; a feeling of having been     wounded                                           
  16. quisling        one who betrays his country to the enemy in       return for power                                  
  17. Reticence       the quality of being silent or reserved in speech                                                   
  18. Subterfuge      any deceptive device or strategem; a strategem    used to conceal something                         
  19. Tyro            a beginner; a novice                                                                                
  20. vilification    a defamatory utterance; the act of defaming                                                         
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