proselytism, statute, quell

yina C. (United States of America)
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  1. proselytism
    the practice of proselytizing
  2. statute
    an act passed by a legislative body
  3. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  4. compulsory
    required by rule
  5. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  6. domicile
    housing that someone is living in
  7. proscribe
    command against
  8. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  9. arraignment
    the act of calling someone before a court to be formally charged and to enter a plea
  10. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  11. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  12. reticence
    the trait of being uncommunicative
  13. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  14. meandering
    of a path e.g.
  15. incarcerate
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  16. postulate
    maintain or assert
  17. penumbra
    a region of light shadow around the darkest part of a shadow
  18. certitude
    complete assurance or confidence
  19. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  20. consign
    give over to another for care or safekeeping
  21. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  22. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  23. eclipse
    the phenomenon when one celestial body obscures another
  24. swath
    a path or strip (also figurative)
  25. earmark
    give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  26. stride
    walk with long steps
  27. contingency
    the state of being dependent on something
  28. rescind
    cancel officially
  29. coup de grace
    the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
  30. impasse
    a situation in which no progress can be made
  31. cede
    give over
  32. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
Created on Thu Oct 09 11:21:29 EDT 2008

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