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Sunni article vocab
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English
10th Grade
10/01/2014

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schism
Definition
noun
a formal division or split in a group
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Pariah
Definition
noun
an outcast; someone to avoid
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Bludgeon
Definition
noun
a short heavy club

verb
to bully or coerce
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resurgence
Definition
noun
rising or trending to rise again; reviving
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rhetoric
Definition
noun
the undue use of exxageration or display in speaking
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beleaguered
Definition
verb
to surround or beset, as with troubles (even military)
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disdain
Definition
noun
to look upon or treat wit contempt; view as unworthy
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rebuke
Definition
verb
to express sharp, stern diasapproval of
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emulate
Definition
verb
to imitate with desire to equal ir surpass
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sectarian
Definition
noun
narrowly confined or devoted to a particular group
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transcend
Definition
verb
to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed
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condone
Definition
verb
to disregard, overlook, pardon, forgive
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denounce
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verb
to condemn or criticize openly, publicaly
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unseemly
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adj.
not in keeping with established standards of taste
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ferocity
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adj.
quality or state; savage fierceness
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