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Book 8 · Middle/High bridge
Chapter 15 · List 15 · Plague & punishment
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chastise (v)
To scold severely.
cull (v)
To select; to remove from a group.
defer (v)
To put off; to give in.
desist (v)
To stop doing something.
discredit (v)
To damage the reputation of.
encroach (v)
To intrude on.
foreboding (n)
A feeling of approaching evil.
humane (adj)
Kind; merciful.
irrational (adj)
Without reason.
lurid (adj)
Shockingly vivid; gruesome.
perpetuate (v)
To make continue indefinitely.
restive (adj)
Restless; difficult to control.
scourge (n)
A source of great suffering.
stamina (n)
Lasting energy.
surveillance (n)
Close watch over someone.