Chapter 2 Flashcards
Chapter 2
• Physiognomies : facial features held to show qualities of mind or character by their
• Augured: foretold
• Indubitably : unquestionably
• Antinomian : one who rejects a socially established morality
• Heterodox : holding unorthodox opinions or doctrine
• Scourged : subjected to severe criticism
• Infamy: fame for something evil
• Farthingale: a support worn beneath a skirt to expand it a the hip line
• Rotundity : roundness
• Behoof: advantage
• Trow: believe
• Abashed : embarrassed
• Sumptuary: designed to regulate habits on moral or religious grounds
• Gentility : the upper class
• Evanescent : tending to vanish
like vapor
• Ignominy: disgraceful or dishonorable conduct
quality
• Brazen : bold
• Meridian : midday; noon
• Iniquity : wickedness
• Visage: face
• Mien: appearance; aspect
• Countenances : looks; expressions
• Preternatural : exceeding what is natural
• Remonstrance : objections
• Cloister : area within a monastery
● Etymologist : one who studies word derivations