King James Bible Vocabulary Words 3

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  1. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  2. moderation
    the quality of avoiding extremes
  3. concision
    terseness and economy in writing or speech
  4. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
  5. abound
    exist in large quantities
  6. preeminence
    high status importance owing to marked superiority
  7. rudiments
    a statement of fundamental facts or principles
  8. fervently
    with strong emotion or zeal
  9. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  10. sceptre
    a ceremonial or emblematic staff
  11. pinnacle
    a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or a tower
  12. importunity
    insistent solicitation and entreaty
  13. cumber
    hold back
  14. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  15. parchment
    a superior paper resembling sheepskin
  16. canker
    an ulcerlike sore
  17. contemn
    look down on with disdain
  18. buckler
    armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
  19. froward
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  20. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  21. petition
    a formal request that something be submitted to an authority
  22. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  23. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
  24. ravening
    excessively greedy and grasping
  25. potsherd
    a shard of pottery
  26. enquire
    have a wish or desire to know something
  27. desert
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  28. pavilion
    a large and often sumptuous tent
  29. calve
    birth
  30. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  31. privily
    confidentially or in secret
  32. contemptuously
    without respect; in a disdainful manner
  33. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  34. comely
    according with custom or propriety
  35. devise
    arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Created on Sun Feb 19 19:46:08 EST 2012 (updated Fri Mar 02 11:40:11 EST 2012)

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