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English, Crucible
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Predilection | In favor of something; preference |
| Innate | A sixth sense, an inner knowledge |
| Antagonistic | To act against; expressing hostility or opposition |
| Theocracy | To govern a state by divine guidance, or by officials who are divinely guided |
| Klatches | A gathering characterized by informal conversation; gossip |
| Insoluble | Having or admitting no solutions or explaination |
| Arbitrate | When a 3rd person settles a dispute |
| Calumny | Slander; make false charges to damage another's reputation |
| Vindictive | Revenge; seeking vengeance |
| Abominations | Extreme disgust; to hate something |
| Supercilious | Haughtily contemptuous; proud |
| Defiled | To make impure; to corrupt the purity of perfection |
| Differentiation | To make different |
| Manifestation | To make evident or certain by showing or displaying |
| Dissembling | To hide under false appearance |
| Contention | A point maintained in a debate; rivalry, competition |
| Convenanted | Binding agreement or contract |
| Contiguous | To have actual contact with |
| Inculcation | To teach or impress by frequent repetition |
| Deference | Respect for elders |
| Heathen | Uncivilized or nonreligious person |
| Ingratiating | Capable of winning favor |
| Junta | A group or committee for the political purpose of controlling a government, especially after a seizure of power |
| Repression | Item of unpopular opinion |
| Conjured | To summon a spirit |
| Scourge | To punish severely, great affliction |
| Iniquity | Wickedness or sin |
| Notorious | Widely known and talked about unfavorably |
| Trepidation | Timorous, uncertain, agitation |
| Providence | Divine guidance or care |
| Citadel | A fortress that commands a city |
| Ideology | Concepts of life and/or culture |
| Paradox | Something that at first seems true but isn't |
| Faction | A group that seeks to undermine a government |
| Demonic | Evil spirits; witchcraft |
| Subservient | Useful in an inferior capacity |
| Prodigious | An omen; act of God |
| Defamation | Harming one's reputation |
| Motif | A dominant idea or central theme |
| Dallied | To act playfully; linger |
| Magistrate | Judge |
| Rankle | To cause anger or deep bitterness |
| Absolute | Pure, having no restriction |
| Autocratic | Unlimited power |
| Diabolism | Fiendish, relating to the devil |
| Cosmology | A study that deals with origin, structure, and space-time relationship |
| Diametrically | Completely opposed or opposite |
| Lascivious | Sexually loose |
| Yeomanry | The body of small landed proprietors of the middle class |
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laurin.daly
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