The History Teacher Glossary

by Billy Collins

The History Teacher Glossary

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Written by Tasha Roy

Catechised

Questioned, interrogated (a person)

Annihilate

Eliminate, destroy

Expostulate

Reason, demonstrate

Execration

Act of detesting and denouncing

Beclouded

Made muddled or obscure

Vengeance

Retribution, come back, retaliation

Scoured

Cleansed, washed

Insolence

Impudence, incivility, rudeness

Sauciness

Playfulness, inappropriateness

Sparse

Restricted, inadequate, compact

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