The Book of Proverbs

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  1. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  2. abomination
    hate coupled with disgust
  3. mocker
    someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
  4. immoral
    deliberately violating principles of right and wrong
  5. brutish
    resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
  6. buckler
    armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
  7. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  8. chastening
    a rebuke for making a mistake
  9. concourse
    a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
  10. conceit
    the trait of being unduly vain
  11. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  12. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  13. daintiness
    the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
  14. devices
    an inclination or desire
  15. disquieted
    afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble
  16. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  17. perversion
    the action of corrupting something
  18. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  19. discord
    lack of agreement or harmony
  20. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  21. doctrine
    a belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  22. dross
    worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
  23. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  24. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
  25. famish
    be hungry; go without food
  26. wisdom
    accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
  27. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  28. froward
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  29. furnace
    an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced for a building
  30. haste
    overly eager speed and possible carelessness
  31. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  32. hearken
    listen; used mostly in the imperative
  33. humility
    a lack of arrogance or false pride
  34. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  35. infamy
    a state of extreme dishonor
  36. infirmity
    the state of being weak in health or body
  37. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  38. adulterer
    someone who commits adultery or fornication
  39. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  40. loathsome
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  41. maul
    injure badly
  42. mirth
    great merriment
  43. mortar
    a vessel in which substances can be ground with a pestle
  44. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  45. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  46. abomination
    hate coupled with disgust
  47. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  48. perceive
    become aware of through the senses
  49. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  50. pestle
    a hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
  51. potsherd
    a shard of pottery
  52. privily
    confidentially or in secret
  53. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
  54. Proverbs
    an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
  55. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  56. reproof
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  57. reproach
    express criticism towards
  58. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  59. refrain
    resist doing something
  60. recompense
    make payment to
  61. deceitful
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  62. virtuous
    morally excellent
  63. surety
    something clearly established
  64. snare
    a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
  65. sluggard
    an idle slothful person
  66. strife
    bitter conflict; heated or violent dissension
  67. slothful
    disinclined to work or exertion
  68. smite
    inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
  69. stripes
    a V-shaped sleeve badge indicating rank and service
  70. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  71. spoil
    make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  72. simplicity
    the quality of being uncomplicated
  73. scorn
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  74. tapestry
    a wall hanging of heavy fabric with pictorial designs
  75. transgressor
    someone who violates a law or command
  76. tillage
    the cultivation of soil for raising crops
  77. uttered
    communicated in words
  78. frivolity
    the trait of being not serious or sensible
  79. vain
    having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
  80. vanity
    feelings of excessive pride
  81. atonement
    the act of making amends for sin or wrongdoing
  82. transgression
    the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
Created on Fri Apr 05 17:30:03 EDT 2013

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