Chapter 51-60 Flashcards
Plighted
Pledge or promise solemnly
Consternation
Feeling of anxiety or dismay, when something unexpected
Jurisprudence
Theory or philosophy of law, a legal system
Litmus
A blue dye obtained from lichens
Abashed
Cause to feel embarrassed, disconcerted or ashamed
Calumny
False and defamatory statements in order to damage someone’s reputation
Commiserating
Sympathize
Compeers
A person of equal rank, status, ability
Credence
Belief in or acceptance of something as true
Defamatory
Damaging the good reputation of someone
Dolefully
Expressing grief; sad
Gait
A persons manner of walking
Haughty
Arrogantly superior; disdainful
Indomitable
Impossible to subdue or defeat
Mien
A persons look or manner
Pallor
An unhealthy pale appearance
Preamble
The introductory statement
Privation
A state when things that are essential for human well being
Vehemence
The display of strong feeling; passion
Veritable
Used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor
Vested
Secured in the possession of or assigned to a person
Actuated
Cause(someone) to act in a particular way; motivate
Perfidies
Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness
Thwarted
Prevented(someone)from accomplishing something