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  • Illustrious: well-known, respected, and admired for past achievements

  • Enfranchise: to give the right to vote to

  • Chasm: a deep, gaping hole; a gorge

  • Durable: able to exist for a long time without significant deterioration

  • Supersede: to take the place of (someone or something that is old, no longer useful, etc.)

  • Endow: to provide with something freely or naturally

  • Kudos: praise or respect that you get because of something you have done or achieved

  • Equinox: either of the two times each year (as in spring and fall) when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are everywhere on Earth of approximately equal length

  • Guarantee: a promise that something is true or real or will happen

  • Mischievous: causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way

  • Ridiculous: arousing or deserving ridicule

  • Expedient: suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance

  • Dynamite: a powerful explosive made by soaking nitroglycerin into an absorbent material

  • Foreigner: a person belonging to or owing allegiance to a foreign country

  • Liaison: a close bond or connection; an illicit sexual relationship