arrogance
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the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferiorsynonyms: condescendance, hauteur
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audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right tosynonyms: prétention
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overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiorstypes:snobismethe trait of condescending to those of lower social status
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Where there's a will, there's a motive to solve a murder. When eccentric millionaire Sam Westing dies, he leaves instructions for sixteen people to come to the reading of his will. With a fortune on the line, Westing's death becomes a puzzle they'll race to solve.
As he prepared to leave the office of President in 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a farewell speech in which he warned Americans about the growing influence of what he called the "military-industrial complex." Eisenhower, the former World War II general and D-Day Commander, feared the increasing power of corporations that had grown to supply the United States with military equipment and weapons.
After Hannah Baker's death, classmate Clay Jenson receives a set of cassette tapes in which Hannah makes painful revelations.