Vocab 1-30

Question 1

Alacrity

Answer 1

brisk and cheerful readiness

Question 2

Atonement

Answer 2

reparation for a wrong or injury

Question 3

Augured

Answer 3

a sign of a good or bad outcome

Question 4

Contrition

Answer 4

the state of feeling remorseful and penitent

Question 5

Contumely

Answer 5

insolent or insulting language or treatment

Question 6

Earnest

Answer 6

resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction

Question 7

Exhort

Answer 7

strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something

Question 8

Ignominious

Answer 8

deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

Question 9

Incumbency

Answer 9

the holding of an office or the period during which one is held

Question 10

Infamy

Answer 10

the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed

Question 11

Intervolutions

Answer 11

the state of being intervolved or coiled up

Question 12

Malefactresses

Answer 12

a female criminal

Question 13

Mountebank

Answer 13

a person who deceives others, esp. in order to trick them out of their money

Question 14

Penance

Answer 14

voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong, confession

Question 15

Penitence

Answer 15

the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong

Question 16

Phantasmagoric

Answer 16

a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream

Question 17

Physiognomies

Answer 17

a person’s facial features or expression

Question 18

Pillory

Answer 18

a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which an offender was imprisoned and exposed to public abuse

Question 19

Remonstrance

Answer 19

a protest forcefully expressing disapproval or disappointment

Question 20

Remorse

Answer 20

deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed

Question 21

Repentance

Answer 21

the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse

Question 22

Requital

Answer 22

make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing)

Question 23

Revenge

Answer 23

the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands

Question 24

Sable

Answer 24

a marten (weasellike mammal) with a short tail and dark brown fur

Question 25

Scourged

Answer 25

a whip used as an instrument of punishment, a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering

Question 26

Sepulchers

Answer 26

a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.

Question 27

Talisman

Answer 27

an object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck

Question 28

Tremulous

Answer 28

shaking or quivering slightly

Question 29

Truculence

Answer 29

eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

Question 30

Wreaking

Answer 30

cause (a large amount of damage or harm), inflict (vengeance)