Lauren Porter

WHH4
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1. Commerci of, relating
al
to, or
characteristic
of commerce.

2. Legacy

a gift of
property,
especially
personal
property, as
money, by
will; a
bequest.

We
decided
that the
small oil
well was
not
commerci
al.
How
wonderful
to have a
legacy so
linked to
the idea
of
freedom.

3. Routes

a course,
way, or road
for passage
or travel

What's the
shortest
route to
Boston?

Course,
direction, track

4. Invasion

an act or
instance of
invading or
entering as
an enemy,
especially by
an army.
interest in or
concern for
the actual or
real, as
distinguished
from the
abstract,
speculative,
etc.

the annual
invasion of
the resort
by tourists.

Assault, breach,
raid

5. Realism

Economic,
financial,exch
ange

Heirloom,
endowment,
birth right

It's been a
Reality, truth,
bumpy ride naturalness
from
realism to
believability
.

Lauren Porter
WHH4
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6. Caliph

a spiritual
leader of
Islam,
claiming
succession
from
Muhammad.
the male
head of a
family or
tribal line.

We know
from our
own time
what the
caliph was
dreading.

King, emperor,
monarch

He was a
role model
and the
family
patriarch.

Elder, old man,

father

8. Icon

a picture,
image, or
other
representatio
n.

It was her
rebellious
nature
that's made
her such an
icon.

Portrait,
symbol, figure

9. Excommu
nication

The act of
excommunic
ating.

Anyone
caught
violating a
ban risks
excommuni
cation.

10.Gentry

Wellborn and
well-bred
people.

Their
upbringing
was a
conventional
one of landed
gentry with
insufficient
means.

7. Patriarch

Removal,
suspension,
disposal

High
society,
upper class,
aristocracy