Hound Of The Baskervilles 6-9 Flashcards
Austere
Severe or strict in manner, altitude, or appearance
Injunctions
An authoritative warning or order
Commutation
Action or process of commuting a judicial sentence
Malignancy
Disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately
Crenelated
Furnished with crenelations, as a parapet or molding, in the manner of a battlement
Balustrade
A railing supported by balusters
Mullioned
A vertical member between the lights of a window
Propitious
Giving or indicating a good chance of success
Undulating
Move with a smooth wave like motion
Lepidoptera
Butterfly/moth
Monolith
A large single upright block of stone
Approbation
Approva, commendation
Onerous
Of a task, duty, or responsibility involving an amount of difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
Litigation
The process of taking legal action
Neolithic
Of or relating to the Stone Age
Puritanical
Practicing or affecting strict religious or moral behavior
Furtive
Attempting to avoid attending or notice
Clandestine
Kept secret or done secretively
Skein
A length of thread or yarn, loosed coiled and knotted
Unmitigated
Absolute, complete and total