Wordly Wise 10, Lesson 6

JMcBeach (United States of America)
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  1. ameliorate
    make better
  2. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  3. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  4. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  5. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  6. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  7. diminutive
    very small
  8. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  9. expendable
    suitable to be used up
  10. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  11. heretical
    departing from accepted beliefs or standards
  12. infirmity
    the state of being weak in health or body
  13. infirm
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  14. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  15. recompense
    make payment to
  16. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  17. servitude
    the state of being required to labor for someone else
Created on Wed Nov 13 21:58:44 EST 2013

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