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1. dissident

noun. disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief

1. liberal art

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_arts_education

1. orchestra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra

1. dissuade

verb. to advise (a person) against something /  to turn from something by persuasion <unable to dissuadehim from going>

1. spec...

spectacle

1. da vinci

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

1. commemorate

verb. to mark by some ceremony or observation /  to serve as a memorial of <a plaque that commemoratesthe battle>

1. man...

maneuver

1. treaty

noun. 

1. confine 

noun. something (as borders or walls) that encloses <outside the confines of the office or hospital — W. A. Nolen>; also :  something that restrains <escape from the confines of soot and clutter — E. S. Muskie>