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Word Stack Diamonds
Diamond Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority, any authoritative proclamation or command. | Edict (n.) |
| to set forth or state in detail, to explain, interpret | Expound (v.) |
| producing or tending to produce pestilence. Pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, especially bubonic plague. Pernicious, harmful, annoyingly troublesome. | Pestilential (adj.) |
| to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war. | Pillage (v.) |
| a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event. A forewarning. | Premonition (n.) |
| of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast. Without reason or intelligence, brutal, inhuman. | Bestial (adj.) |
| a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death. A warrant authorizing this. | Reprieve (n.) |
| a severe test, a trial | Crucible (n.) |
| abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease | Emaciated (adj.) |
| to stir, encourage, or urge on, stimulate or prompt to action | Incite (v.) |
| to board a ship, aircraft, or vehicle, as for a journey. To start and enterprise or business. To put or receive on board a ship aircraft, or vehicle. | Embark (v.) |
| something burdensome, useless, or superfluous. A load, a headache, a hindrance. | Encumbrance (n.) |
| keenly watchful to detect danger, wary. Ever awake and alert. | Vigilant (adj.) |
| the act of revealing or disclosing. Something revealed or disclosed, especially a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized. | Revelation (n.) |
| the act of driving our or expelling. The state of being expelled. | Expulsion (n.) |
| having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations. Professing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality, high-minded. | Pious (adj.) |
| having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as form prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety. | Haggard (adj.) |
| being confused or puzzled. Perplexed | Bewildered (adj.) |
| a ruffian or hoodlum | Hooligan (n.) |
| believing the worst of other people, skeptical of the motives of others, distrustful. | Cynical (adj.) |
| or pertaining to the night. Active at night. | Nocturnal (adj.) |
| having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, or strangulation. Enraged, furiously angry. | Livid (adj.) |
| outward aspect or appearance. An assumed or unreal appearance | Semblance (n.) |
| strong and healthy, hardy, vigorous. Strongly or stoutly built. | Robust (adj.) |
| absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement. Lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting. | Apathy (n.) |
| required, mandatory, obligatory. Using these measures to control rioting. | Compulsory (adj.) |
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