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ORDEAL

a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control

The meaning of the word ordeal is a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control.

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WordMeaning
ancillarysubordinate
progenitoran ancestor in the direct line : forefather
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
markedhaving an identifying mark
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
smotherto kill by depriving of air
gestateto carry in the uterus during pregnancy
precociousexceptionally early in development or occurrence