E11A Vocabulary List #5

(of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict

• belie

• cleave

• stench

• strive

refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind

• adamant

• gaunt

• naught

• rescind

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

• calamity

• gibbet

• salvation

• stony

to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly

• cleave

• stony

• rescind

• singe

a tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling

• embodiment

• strive

• naught

• gibbet

(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age

• gaunt

• strive

• cleave

• rescind

a gallows

• gibbet

• belie

• strive

• singe

nothing

• naught

• stench

• gibbet

• rescind

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)

• rescind

• calamity

• adamant

• embodiment

preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss; deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ

• salvation

• calamity

• belie

• singe