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a member of a municipal legislative body (city council)
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aldermen
a member of a municipal legislative body (city council)
augment
to increase in size, amount, or degree
benefice
a church office endowed with fixed assets
boisterous
loud, riotous, disruptive, disorderly
chide
to speak disapprovingly to, scold, blame, tell off
discourse
extend verbal expression in speech or writing; talk or hold forth formally about a topic
drudge
one who works hard at a boring task; a laborer who is obliged to do mential work
enmity
a state of deep-seated ill-will; the feeling of a hostile person
envious
full of jealousy for anothers possessions
languish
to wilt and begin to die because of lack of food or water
loathed
strongly dislike something or someone
esteem
regard highly; think much of; a feeling of delighted approval
pernicious
exceedingly harmful, causing great injury, ruin, fatal, deadly
obscure
not clearly understood or expressed, blurry
heretics
a group against the teachings of a church
impute
to atttribute to someone, accuse, to blame of an act or thought
portentous
warning of some event about to happen, especially an evil one; putted up with vanity, over-confident
invocation
a prayer asking God's help as a part of a religous service; an incantation used in conjuring or summoning the devil
lament
express grief verbally for the death of someone
posterity
decendants or all future off springs; all future generations
poultice
soft moist mass of something spread on cloth and applied to warm moisten or stimulate an aching or inflamed part of the body
predominant
most frequent or common, great in power or influence
profaners
those who have irreverance for what is sacred
purged
rid of impurities, to rid of sin or guilt
rancor
a feeling of deep and bitter anger, ill-will
transgression
the act of breaking a law, command, commitment
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