May 5-9 Flashcards

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Homily

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Sermon ; religious speech

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Holocaust

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Destruction or slaughter of a massive scale

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Hone

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Sharpen a blade

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Hovel

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A small squalid unpleasant or simply constructed dwelling

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Humane

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Having or showing compassion or benevolence

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Imbue

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Inspire and permeate with a feeling or quality

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Immaculate

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Of a person or clothes; perfectly clean, neat or tidy

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Impede

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Delay or prevent someone or something by hindering them

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Impel

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Drive force or urge someone to do something

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Impermeable

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Not allowing fluid to pass through; not liable to be affected by pain or distress

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Impertinent

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Not showing proper respect ; rude

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Imperturbable

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Unable to be upset or excited ; calm

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Impervious

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Not allowing fluid through ; unable to be affected by

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Impetuous

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Acting or done quickly and without thought or care

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Jaded

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Tired, bored , or lacking enthusiasm typically after having had much of something

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Jargon

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Special word or expression that used by a particular professed or group that is hard to understand

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Judicious

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Having ,showing or done with good judgment or sense

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Kindred

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Ones family and relations

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Knead

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Work into dough with hands

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Lacerate

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Tear or make deep cuts in flesh/skin

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Lackadaisical

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Lacking enthusiasm and determination; careless lazy

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Lackey

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A servant especially a liveried footman or m

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Laggard

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A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others

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Lampoon

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Publicly criticize by using ridicule irony or sarcasm

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Languish

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Lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble

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Lax

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Not sufficiently strict, sever or careful

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Lethal

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Sufficient to cause death