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acme highest point or stage The climbers reached the @ on the eighth day.
amulet object worn to ward off evil The man wore the @ to ward off vampires.
audacity daring boldness; arrogant disregard for established norms of behavior The commander's @ won the day against his opponent.
butte isolated hill with steep sides The cavalry surveyed the valley from the @.
civility courtesy, politeness Richard II's @ thinly disguised his inner hatreds.
debacle a sudden or disastrous breakdown or collapse The military exercises ended in @ after the crash.
duration the period of time during which something lasts A millisecond measures an extremely short @.
fortitude strength of mind that enables a person to bear pain or adversity with courage The man's @ carried him through the hard times.
heresy dissent from a dominant theory or opinion, esp. dissent from church dogma Ulricht Zwingli was charged with @ by church authorities.
infidel an unbeliever in respect to a particular religion The soldiers slew the @.
kudos glory; credit; praise The bosses gave out @, but the employees wanted money.
maw a receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing The whale's @ sifted through huge amounts of water.
necrophobia fear of death Advanced @ can paralyze one into inaction.
pacifism opposition to war or violence; refusal to partici-pate in war The man's @ was due more to fear than principle.
pique a fit of resentment; a feeling of having been wounded She broke the vase in a fit of @.
quisling one who betrays his country to the enemy in return for power The @ cooperated with the enemy in exchange to power.
reticence the quality of being silent or reserved in speech The woman's @ made her hold her tongue when she ought not.
subterfuge any deceptive device or stratagem; a stratagem used to conceal something The election was stolen through @.
tyro a beginner; a novice A @ often ends up winning through luck rather than skill.
vilification a defamatory utterance; the act of defaming The @ of the man was much more than his crimes called for.