Liebal: Vocabulary Power Plus, Grade 10, Lessons 1-2

Sharon Liebal (United States of America)
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  1. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  2. docile
    easily handled or managed
  3. libation
    the act of pouring a liquid offering as a religious ceremony
  4. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  5. banter
    light teasing repartee
  6. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  7. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  8. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  9. motley
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  10. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  11. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  12. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  13. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  14. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  15. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  16. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
  17. jaundiced
    affected by yellowing of the skin
  18. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  19. temerity
    fearless daring
  20. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
Created on Fri Sep 27 08:02:01 EDT 2013

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