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Given the HISTORICAL WORD, identify the MEANING

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1.

entrepreneur

  person who preaches a religion or goes on religious missions

  period about A.D. 1000 - 1400; period of history in Europe after fall of the Roman Empire

  person who has withdrawn from society and is living alone

  person who takes financial risks hoping for large profits and control of commercial enterprise

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

gipsy, gypsy

  person who holds land of a superior lord by feudal tenure

  member of a wandering race especially Asian

  person who takes financial risks hoping for large profits and control of commercial enterprise

  old times especially before the Middle Ages

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

antiquity

  monumental stone tomb with sloping sides meeting at apex in which Egyptian Pharaoh's body is placed after death

  old times especially before the Middle Ages

  object made by human beings

  person of low birth especially common person in ancient Rome

  Half-n-half Clue
 

4.

knight

  person raised to honorable military rank

  movement for political union of all Africans

  person who believes in spiritual power or hidden meaning

  person of noble birth especially wealthy landowner in ancient Rome

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

mandate

  marks corresponding to Christ's wounds made by nails

  object made by human beings

  person who believes in spiritual power or hidden meaning

  order to act from the League of Nations

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6.

usury

  literary culture and intellectual movement during the Renaissance with devotion to human interests

  lending of money at exorbitant or illegal rates of interest especially in the Middle Ages

  person who directs the course of a ship or voyage often using charts

  person in the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge

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7.

consul

  person raised to honorable military rank

  official chosen by vote to govern Rome; State agent in foreign country

  organized massacre especially of Jewish community in Russia

  person who saves from ruin; redeemer; deliverer

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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