Forthycause's List: Book_Reading

• pugnacious

  • having a strong desire to argue or fight with other people
• pick a fight over
• mangled

  • to crush or twist sth so that it is badly damaged
• The notion that an amiable conversation is always superior to open conflict is quite contrary to the example Christ Himself has given us.

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• take a zero-tolerance stance toward
• tamper with
• paring back
• he list of essential doctrines to what’s covered by the Apostles’ Creed (or in some cases, an even shorter list of very broad generalities). That doesn’t really promote harmony; it merely muddies all doctrine.
• best gauge for
• as a foil for

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• incredulity

  • in·cre·du·li·ty: The state of being unwilling or unable to believe something
• it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

  • It was clearer than crystal to the lords of....
• rapping out its messages

  • Words expressive of strong disapproval
• tumbrils

  • tum·bril: An open cart that tilted backward to empty out its load, in particular one used to convey condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
• blunderbusses

  • blun·der·buss: A short-barreled large-bored gun with a flared muzzle, used at short range
• pilferer

  • pilferer: sneak thief: a thief who steals without using violence
• atrocious murderer

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