Wordly Wise 9, Lesson 3

JMcBeach (United States of America)
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  1. allude
    make an indirect reference to
  2. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  3. consecrate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  4. consecrated
    made, declared, or believed to be holy
  5. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  6. dissemination
    the act of dispersing or diffusing something
  7. dote
    shower with love; show excessive affection for
  8. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  9. exhortation
    an earnest attempt at persuasion
  10. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  11. implicate
    bring into intimate and incriminating connection
  12. implicated
    culpably involved
  13. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  14. lamentation
    the passionate activity of expressing grief
  15. monetary
    relating to or involving money
  16. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  17. pomp
    cheap or pretentious or vain display
  18. stilted
    artificially formal or stiff
  19. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  20. subjugation
    forced submission to control by others
  21. trauma
    an emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects
  22. traumatic
    psychologically painful
  23. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
Created on Thu Dec 19 19:30:12 EST 2013

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