Flashcards: Crime and Punishment Vocab
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Created by:
KingK on October 9, 2008
Subjects:
english vocab, crimepunishment, sullivan, tphs
Description:
To study the 77 vocab words for Crime and Punishment.
Teacher: Ms. Sullivan
Class: 10th Grade Honors English
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bumptious | cocky, self absorbed |
| punctilious | precise and exact conduct |
| execrable | detestable, abominable |
| ignominy | disgrace, shame, dishonor |
| ineffable | not able to be described with words |
| abject | hopeless, miserable |
| prevaricate | intentional lie |
| axiom | a universal truth |
| tremulous | shaking with fear |
| diminutive | small, tiny |
| loathsome | revolting, disgusting |
| wretched | poor, pitiable, worthless |
| cravat | a lace cloth worn around the neck |
| presentiment | foreboding of evil |
| titular | a person with a title but not power |
| grandiloquent | speaking loftily |
| aversion | a strong feeling of dislike |
| innate | existing from birth |
| languid | lacking interest or vigor |
| stolidly | not easily mentally moved |
| magnanimous | forgiving, generous |
| bilious | cranky, irritable |
| monomaniac | obsessive over one thing |
| expostulate | dispute, argue |
| inaudible | not able to be heard |
| superfluous | more than enough |
| malignant | tending to cause harm |
| vex | to irritate or annoy |
| concubine | mistress, not legally married |
| calumny | a false statement intended to hurt |
| amiable | pleasant, good matured, gracious |
| contemptuous | disdain |
| affectation | to appear to have a quality that isn't possessed |
| affront | to openly and intentionally insult |
| disheveled | disarrayed, messed up |
| unkempt | neglected, rough, crude |
| overawe | to restrain by fascinating |
| pompous | inflated, over display of dignity |
| sojourn | to take temporary residence |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| parsimony | excessive conservative with money |
| amalgamated | a merge to make a combination |
| indecorous | bad taste of propriety |
| serofulous | morally tainted |
| infamous | extremely bad reputation |
| sententious | excessive self righteousness |
| conjugal | pertaining to marriage |
| depraved | corrupt, wicked |
| crimson | deep purple-red |
| haughty | proud, snobbish, scornful |
| affable | pleasant, friendly, easy to talk to |
| preternatural | out of course of nature |
| admonish | to caution, advise |
| pettifogging | insignificant |
| vehemence | fury |
| impunity | exemption from punishment |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| supplicate | to pray humbly |
| poignant | distressing to feelings |
| acute | sharp or severe |
| sensuality | unrestrained indulgence |
| provocative | tending to incite anger and fights |
| depravity | the state of being morally corrupt |
| harlot | prostitute |
| samovar | metal urn for heating water for tea |
| emphatic | forceful, insistent |
| imperious | dictatorial, domineering haughtily |
| melancholy | gloomy state of mind |
| punchinello | grotesque or absurd person or thing |
| vivisect | to dissect the living body of an animal |
| inveterate | settled or confirmed in a habit |
| aberration | departing from normal course |
| bourgeois | member of the middle class |
| benefactor | one that gives financial aid |
| propounds | to put forward consideration |
| destitution | utter poverty |
| unalloyed | unqualified |