SAT Word Skills 4 - Lesson 49

persecuzione

combustione

handing over prisoners to the country in which a crime was committed

the act of playing a percussion instrument

dimissioni

anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual

provocazione

excessive and sometimes insincere praise for someone, often to the point of worship

the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)

trepidazione

(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

costernazione

a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something

ossessione

recriminazione

giustificazione

collusione

the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

supposizione

a channel for communication between groups