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Lectern

Noun
Meaning

• A reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
• A stand with a slanted top, used to hold a book, speech, manuscript, etc., at the proper height for a reader or speaker.

Leniency

Noun
Meaning

• The quality or state of being lenient.
• A lenient act.

Sanguine

Adjective
Meaning

• Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident.
• Reddish; ruddy.
• Bloody; sanguinary.

Thrash

Verb
Meaning

• To beat soundly in punishment; flog.
• To defeat thoroughly:
• To toss, or plunge about.

Trite

Adjective
Meaning

• Lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale.
• Characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.