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Words from the week of 7/20/2018
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exculpatory 'tending or serving to exculpate'
ideologue 'an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology'
socialism 'a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government'
uphold 'to let stand'
due process 'a course of formal proceedings (as judicial proceedings)'
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