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  • 11List of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn characters — The Dawn Brigade from Radiant Dawn. From left to right: Sothe, Micaiah, Nolan, Edward and Leonardo Fire Emblem characters Shadow Dragon  (Marth) …

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  • 12haughty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. overbearing, arrogant, supercilious, proud, lordly, superior. See contempt, insolence. Ant., modest, humble. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. arrogant, disdainful, proud; see egotistic 2 , proud 2 . See… …

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  • 13proud — [proud] adj. [ME < OE prud < OFr < LL prode, beneficial, back form. < L prodesse, to be useful < prod , var. of pro , PRO 2 + esse, to be: for IE base see IS1] 1. having or showing a proper pride in oneself, one s position, one s… …

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  • 14Night of the Long Knives — For other uses, see Night of the Long Knives (disambiguation). Although the …

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  • 15List of Night Court episodes — The following is a list of episodes for the NBC sitcom Night Court. The series aired from January 4, 1984 to May 20, 1992 during 9 seasons with 194 episodes produced.[1] Contents 1 Series overview 2 Season 1 (1984) …

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  • 16Roman Catholic Relief Bills — were attempted steps of legislation in the United Kingdom towards Catholic Emancipation. They sought to remove the legal tests and disabilities imposed on British and Irish Catholics, brought about by Henry VIII s state Protestant Reformation,… …

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  • 17Roman Catholic Relief Bill — • Sections on England and Ireland Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Roman Catholic Relief Bill     Roman Catholic Relief Bill      …

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  • 18hauteur — Synonyms and related words: Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, airs, altitude, arrogance, arrogantness, assumption of superiority, ceiling, clannishness, cliquishness, condescendence, condescension, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely,… …

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  • 19Arrogance — Ar ro*gance, n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See {Arrogant}.] The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or… …

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  • 20Insolence — In so*lence, n. [F. insolence, L. insolentia. See {Insolent}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being unusual or novel. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and… …

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