Chapter 1 Flashcards
assuaged
pacified; made better or lessened
apothecary
a person who is entrusted to both prescribe medicine and sell it
taciturn
someone who doesn’t say much; almost always silent; uncommunative
chattel
all personal property
unsullied
free from evil and corrruption
dictum
a statement or ruling that is from an official source or that expresses a principle
strictures
restrictions or sharp crticism
dispatched
sent off quickly
ambled
walked in a slow or leisurely way
detention
state of being confined or delayed somewhere
detachment
seperation
repertoire
all the skills or remembered performances of a particular person
malevolent
harmful or evil
vapid
uninteresting or lacking flavor
morbid
of, having, or caused by disease; unhealthy; diseased
nocturnal
something that is active or happens during the night
stealthy
a person or thing that is quiet and secretive
mutilated
injured severely or disfigured, especially by cutting off tissue or body parts
prediction
a forecast or prophecy
domiciled
resided in a certain place
flivver
an automobile, especially one that is small, inexpensive, and old
intimidation
an expression of the intent to hurt or punish another
nebulous
liable to more than one interpretations
transition
process or an instance of passing from one form, state, or stage to another
concession
an accommodation made in the light of special or extenuating circumstance
