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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
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
perditioneternal damnation
vyingcontending; to strive for superiority
cremateto subject to cremation
flauntto display or obtrude oneself to public notice
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
intrudeto thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome
burnishto make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing