Oftm Ch 36-40 Flashcards
1
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Guillotine
A
A device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution.
2
Q
testimony
A
the statement or declaration of witness under oath or affirmation, usually in count.
3
Q
evolve
A
to develop gradually
4
Q
retch
A
to make efforts to vomit
5
Q
devour
A
to swallow or eat up hungrily
6
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mesmerized
A
to hypnotize
7
Q
deflates
A
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon)
8
Q
excruciating
A
extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing.
9
Q
execution
A
a putting to death especially as a legal penalty
10
Q
paramount
A
superior to all other
11
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injustice
A
absence of justice: violation of
