Spelling-Lesson 2 Flashcards
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Docile
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Easy to teach or manage
Submissive, complaint
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Heresy
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The crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine
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Libation
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A drink, especially an alcoholic one
Intoxicant
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Anathema
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- A hated repellant person or thing
- A formal curse
Abhorration, detestation, condemnation
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Banter
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Teasing; playful conversation
Joshing, badinage, raillery
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Castigate
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To criticize or punish severely
Reprimand, chastise, scold
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Gauche
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Lacking social graces; tactless
Awkward
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Ignominy
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Public shame; disgrace or dishonor
Disgrace, infamy
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Motley
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Made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors
varied
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Emaciated
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Extremely thing; wasted away
Withered
