400 Words Part6 Flashcards
alias
false name, pseudonym
bequest
something left to an heir in a will
codicil
addition to a will
embezzle
illegally take another’s property or money entrusted to another’s name
unjunction
court order requiring or preventing actions
jurisprudence
science of law
perjury
false testimony
deify
worship as a god, show great respect
heretical
holding an opinion opposed to official beliefs
canonical
conforming to orthodox
sanctimonious
pretending to be pious, false piety
lugubrious
very mournful
saturnine
gloomy
facetious
not meant to be taken seriously, amusing or humorous
apprise
inform
demarcation
settling or making boundaries
dissolution
to fall apart
sedition
incite rebellion against government
olfactory
sense, smell
palatable
agreeable to taste, acceptable
sumptuous
splendid
abstruse
hard to understand
approbation
approval or praise