Chapter 3-5 vocab Flashcards
Base
The lowest or bottom part
Extolment
High praise
Churlish
Difficult to work with
Conjuration
Influence or effect by a supernatural power
Perdition
Loss of the soul; eternal damnation
Aloof
Distant physically or emotionally
Felicity
Great happiness; bliss
Carnal
Of or relating to the body or flesh; bodily
Commingled
Blended
Knavish
Unprincipled
Contagion
Harmful or corrupting influence
Sinews
Tendons; muscles
Visage
The face or facial expression
Piteous
Demanding or arousing pity
Scourge
Means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance or punishment
Superfluous
Being beyond what is required or sufficient
Divulging
Becoming known
Discord
Tension or strife
Replication
A reply to an answer; a rejoinder
Convocation
Assembly
Imminent
About to occur; impending
Abatements
Reductions in amount, degree or intensity
Spiteful
Malicious
Afflict
To indict grievous physical or mental suffering on
Prodigal
Rashly or wastefully extravagant
Filial
Relationship of child or offspring to parent
Portentous
Full of unspecific able significance
Beseech
To address and earnest or urgent request
Contrive
A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance or punishment
Epitaph
An inscription on a tombstone
Vow
An earnest promise