Crime and Punishment Vocab

Question 0

abject

Answer 0

utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretchedutterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched

Question 1

garret

Answer 1

an attic, usually a small, wretched one.

Question 2

prevaricate

Answer 2

to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.

Question 3

axiom

Answer 3

a self-evident truth that requires no proof.

Question 4

languid

Answer 4

lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow

Question 5

grandiloquent

Answer 5

speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.

Question 6

bedlam

Answer 6

a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion

Question 7

affectation

Answer 7

an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession

Question 8

expostulate

Answer 8

to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate

Question 9

fortitude

Answer 9

mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously

Question 10

pell mell

Answer 10

in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner.

Question 11

ignominy

Answer 11

disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.

Question 12

concubine

Answer 12

a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, especially one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress.

Question 13

semblance

Answer 13

outward aspect or appearance.

Question 14

copse

Answer 14

a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.

Question 15

clamber

Answer 15

to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.

Question 16

perpetuity

Answer 16

endless or indefinitely long duration or existence; eternity.

Question 17

casuistry

Answer 17

specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, especially in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry.

Question 18

doggedly

Answer 18

persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious

Question 19

hapless

Answer 19

unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.

Question 20

abstain

Answer 20

to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealth

Question 21

affront

Answer 21

an offense to one’s dignity or self-respect.

Question 22

surmise

Answer 22

to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.

Question 23

ruffian

Answer 23

a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.

Question 24

filigree

Answer 24

delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers’ work of scrolls and arabesques.