Vocab 1-30 Flashcards
Alacrity
brisk and cheerful readiness
Atonement
reparation for a wrong or injury
Augured
a sign of a good or bad outcome
Contrition
the state of feeling remorseful and penitent
Contumely
insolent or insulting language or treatment
Earnest
resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction
Exhort
strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something
Ignominious
deserving or causing public disgrace or shame
Incumbency
the holding of an office or the period during which one is held
Infamy
the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed
Intervolutions
the state of being intervolved or coiled up
Malefactresses
a female criminal
Mountebank
a person who deceives others, esp. in order to trick them out of their money
Penance
voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong, confession
Penitence
the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong
Phantasmagoric
a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream
Physiognomies
a person’s facial features or expression
Pillory
a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which an offender was imprisoned and exposed to public abuse
Remonstrance
a protest forcefully expressing disapproval or disappointment
Remorse
deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
Repentance
the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse
Requital
make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing)
Revenge
the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands
Sable
a marten (weasellike mammal) with a short tail and dark brown fur
Scourged
a whip used as an instrument of punishment, a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering
Sepulchers
a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.
Talisman
an object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck
Tremulous
shaking or quivering slightly
Truculence
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
Wreaking
cause (a large amount of damage or harm), inflict (vengeance)
