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PUNG | to point or stab |
PUNC | to point or stab |
compunction | adj.): a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse; any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action |
expunge | (v.): to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate |
punctual | (adj.): strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt |
punctilious | (adj.): strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions |
pungent | (adj.): sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid |
SACR | holy |
SANCT | holy |
sacrament | (n): something regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance |
sacrifice | (n.): the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity or thing so offered; (v.): to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else |
sacrilege | (n.): the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred |
sanction | (n.): authoritative permission or approval, as for an action |
sanctuary | (n.): an especially holy place in a temple or church |
TEXT | weave |
context | (n.): the part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning; the circumstances in which an event occurs |
pretext | (n.): something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse |
textile | (n.): any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting |
texture | (n.): a rough or grainy surface quality |
textual | (adj.): of or pertaining to a text |