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ENGLISH III
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Abominations: n. acts that are worthy of extreme disgust and hatred
Beguile: v. influence by slyness
Brim: n. the top edge of a vessel or other container
Citadel: n. A fortress or stronghold that protects a city.
Compensate: v. do or give something to somebody in return
Congregation: n. an assembly of people meeting for worship and religious instruction
Conjure: v.to practice magical arts; to summon up, particularly a devil or a spirit
Contiguous: adj. being in actual contact; touching; adjoining
Daft: adj. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Declare: v. state emphatically and authoritatively
Diabolism: n. dealing with or possession by the devil
Falter: v. be unsure or weak
Formidable: adj. dreadful, alarming; terrifying
Gaunt: adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Grapple: v. to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
Heathen: n. an uncivilized or savage person
Indictment: n. an accusation of wrongdoing
Iniquity: n. evil; injustice; wickedness
Injunctions: n. the instance of refraining from a particular act
Innate: adj. Existing in or belonging to an individual from birth
Licentious: n. immoral, shameless
Magistrate: n. a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court
dealing with minor offenses)
Malevolence: n. a quality or state of ill-will, spite or hatred
Manifestation: n. something that readily appears to the senses; materialization
Marked: v. singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate
Marvel: v. something that causes feelings of wonder
Mercy: adj. a disposition to be kind and forgiving
Monstrous:
adj. shockingly brutal or cruel
Pallor: adj. unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Pardon: n. the act of excusing a mistake or offense
Penitence: n. remorse for your past conduct
Pretense:
n. the act of giving a false appearance
Prodigious: adj. extraordinary in bulk, quantity or degree
Profit: n. derive a benefit from
Providence: n fate; divine intervention; destiny
Psalm: n. a sacred song or poem used in the praise or worship of a Deity
Purge v. make pure or free from sin or guilt
Reckon:
v. expect, believe, or suppose
Rejoice: v. feel happiness or joy
Stench: n. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
Summon: v. ask to come
Testify: v. give testimony in a court of law
Theocracy: n. a government or state run by officials regarded as divinely guided
Titillated: v. to excite pleasurably
Traffic: v. deal illegally
Vanity: n. feelings of excessive pride
Vindictive: adj. unforgiving, vengeful
Warrant:
n. a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts