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  1. attain
    gain with effort
  2. intelligentsia
    an educated elite
  3. anti-Semitism
    the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
  4. racism
    the prejudice that one people are superior to another
  5. pacifist
    someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
  6. fascist
    an adherent of right-wing authoritarian views
  7. communist
    relating to socialism that abolishes private ownership
  8. socialism
    a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
  9. capitalism
    an economic system based on private ownership of assets
  10. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  11. high dudgeon
    a feeling of intense indignation
  12. double entendre
    a word or phrase with two meanings, one of which is indecent
  13. indelicate
    in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
  14. acrimony
    a rough and bitter manner
  15. acerbity
    a sharp bitterness
  16. plebiscite
    a vote determining public opinion on a question
  17. abdication
    the act of giving up power
  18. de rigueur
    required by etiquette, custom, or fashion
Created on Wed Oct 01 14:00:40 EDT 2008

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