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Dross N Regarded Worthless Rubbish Silver Wine Mixed

Word dross
Definition n. Something regarded as worthless; rubbish.
Sentence Your silver has become dross; your wine is mixed with water.
Source The New Oxford Annotated Bible, p.970, NRSV, Isaiah 1:22

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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